Originally Posted by
MartiMorga
Great Information. It is difficult to put so much money into a quilt, but I do try to support my local LQS. I agree that you have to really examine the fabric and determine for yourself if it is good quality or not. I do know that as a retailer the more you buy the better the discount - a volume discount. JoAnns can afford to do that, your local LQS can't. But JoAnns can't offer you the quilting expertise.
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....but, I have run into a few salesclerks at LQS that really push their fabric on you.....like your wrong if you don't buy from us!!!! That attitude usually sends me right out the door to shop elsewhere! I buy what I can afford and if I find a fabric with a good feel, I will buy it but please, don't push your $12.50 - 13.00 a yard fabric on me!! I've never had a clerk at the big box stores, try to push only their fabrics....they are just there to measure and cut and occasionally, help me find a color or two to match a fabric that I have bought at a different store.