As my grandmother taught my mother, my mother taught me -- the feel of the fabric. She loved going to Failingers and Wendt's in Waterloo, Wisconsin when Grandma went to buy fabric for dresses and shirts and stuff. She taught Mom how to know the feel for a good piece of fabric. We, my sisters and I, always were taught that the feel of the fabric is how you determined whether to buy it for this or not buy it for that! And so Grandma has gone, Mom is gone (last month) and my sisters and I have learned well from both of them. The feel between the thumb and the index and middle finger. Sheer heaven. Edie