I checked out the fabric at the Joann's in our area and I thought it was really thin. I went all around the whole store and touched a little of everything. I would hold it up to the light and see if you can see through it. If you get some good quality fabric at your local quilt shop (LQS) you will see the differences between fabrics. Some of that thin stuff just is not going to hold up in a quilt... OK, I will get down off of my soap box now.