Originally Posted by marthe brault-hunt

Did you notice that they never write the thread count on the bolt board.. For the past few years, cotton targeted for the quilting market have been woven at 68 threads per square inch. More and more companies are cutting corners and going to 60 threads per square inch. You might also see the same prints i various retail establishments at different prices. Be aware that the print can be on different qualities of cloth (greige goods) and that the quality of the dye and/or finish can also differ. Price is often a good indication of the quality discrepancy,

Do not blame your government only for the moving of your manufacturing capability, instead think Wall Street, they only want the little shareholder to have a dividend at the end of their fiscal year. They are pushing the governments into free trade. We shop for the best price, they also do and they are more clever at it than us,