My GF came over to quilt yesterday. Probably 15 years ago we had a really nice quilt store go out of business in town and I seriously think the girl bought half their stock. Anyway she is still piecing with the last of the yards of that purchase. Yes Frugal is her middle name!
I was helping her layout a bargello while I was working on my own project. Except for charity baby quilts, I use almost exclusively name brand fabrics. The difference in the quality of the fabric was amazing. The only thing I could compare it to would be the difference between 300 count sheets and 800/1000 count sheets.
I was saddened to think that now that I am a better quilter, the beautiful quilts I make will NOW will not hold up as well as the truly pathetically ugly ones that I made fifteen years ago!