I so agree with you. The reason I go into a $13 - $22 yd store is if I'm looking for something 'out there', not the hum-drum at JoAnn's or WM. Last week I spent $143 at a quilt store in Santa Fe because two fabric's shouted at me when I walked in, I couldn't ignore them!!! The average joe places are indeed average joe - and that's not to say that I don't drop lots of dough-ray-me at those too!!