Originally Posted by mochasue
I had to make a baby quilt in a hurry this weekend and the only place that was open was Wal-Mart. I bought some fabric in 100% cotton and also in flannel. When I got home and started making the quilt I was amazed at how crappy the fabric was. It was thin and the color was uneven. The flannel was horrible. You could actually see through it. The fibers would pull apart on the flannel. I ended up just finishing the quilt and I am just going to donate to a local women's shelter. I will wait until after work today and go to my local fabric shop and get good fabric to make the other baby quilt.
Have you ever noticed that about Wal-Mart fabric?
I noticed that about Walmart fabric 10 years ago. I made a twin size scrap quilt with fabrics from a swap. One of them was a Walmart fabric. It had a tear in it before I even finished the quilt!! They still sell that exact same print 10 years later.
One way Walmart keeps prices down is to demand their suppliers lower their costs every year. Once you've offshored the manufacturing the only way left to lower costs is to lower the quality of the goods, cheaper griege, cheaper dyes. Walmart only cares about cost, not quality.