Originally Posted by
JanTx
Well, for $8 and change I got the backing for a wall-hanging and at my LQS would have been $15 so ... better. Not a quality I'd wish for if something was going to be washed frequently, but for a wall hanging no problem.
My avatar is a nap set for a grandboy. Made it in August with fabric from Walmart at $4.44/yard. He had 2 sets through the fall so it was washed every couple of weeks and ... still looks as good as the day I made it. He now has 3 sets so it won't get washed even that often so may even make next year, too. The only one that hasn't done well is a pillowcase style nap-mat cover with flannel from Hobby Lobby - it has pilled and faded. It's the reason I made a 3rd set - that and Walmart had some Dallas Cowboy fabric and he LOVES the Dallas Cowboys! For these novelty fabrics that will be used only a short time - a year or two I consider a short time - I can spend $5/yd and be a happy camper. Now if I can just keep finding that $5/yard is the issue.....
I love the sleep set for your grandson. I made things for our grandson when we babysat for him his first 3 years. He loved cuddling up under them for his nap time. I went to Wal Mart also since his tastes changed about every six months--Thomas the train, Cars (the movie), John Deere tractors, and Dalmatian dogs! I loved the prices of the fabrics I found there and they washed up okay and lasted just as long as his interest. I'm just not one to go to the LQS for that type of project.