I would look for good quality fabric that is affordable. Poor quality fabric is no fun to sew with. That said I do not think you need to buy expensive stuff. Just learn to decifer between what is good and what is not. If you hold it up and it feels hard and stiff yet it is like cheese cloth and you can look through it leave it. If you are making a family heirloom or keepsake besure to buy the best you can afford. I am using way more Walmart and other not high end name brand fabrics. Because of the economy and the cost of fabric going up it was either less or no quilting or go to more affordable fabric options. I do make sure to double check the quality of the fabric no matter where I buy it as it seems many of the quilt shop fabrics are of lesser quality too then they were 10 years ago.
Last edited by Annaquilts; 02-27-2012 at 07:52 AM.