Originally Posted by
pokeygirl
Thank you all so much. I have to usually buy online because we don't have a LQS here. We have a chain store, but I have bought some pretty cheap looking fabric there and don't buy it anymore. Thank you thank you thank you.
I spent 5 years in nowhere North Carolina. Loved the people and area, not the shopping and conveniences. Our county was so small and remote, we had no fast food in the county and no pizza places - not even gas station pizza.
Anyway, find a couple of good places on-line and stay with them. I usually purchased from Hobby Lobby, Fabric.com, Hancock's of Paducah and Connecting Threads. Your best bet might be to invest in some color cards. These are manufactured by the larger fabric companies with actually pieces of their fabrics. The one I use the most - still - is my Moda chart. This makes it so much easier to find that exact right color to go with fabrics I have in hand. I have also make a "sample card" set for Connecting Threads basics. I purchased charm packs of all of the basics, spent a little time marking the squares with their names and numbers. Now I can easily match and order the perfect match for my projects.
Hope this helps.