I don't buy fabric brands in particular. I buy fabrics that have decent "hand" (feel), nothing gauzy. I also look at the fabric design to make sure it is printed correctly, sometimes you will find a print that isn't exactly the same where one dye was printed over another and the edges are off, I avoid those. I use both old and new fabrics, but buy mostly by colors or prints that "speak to me". Have purchased at Walmart and garage sales and gladly taken gifts of fabric that I had no idea of the brand. I remind myself that grandma used feed sacks, flour sacks, and scraps from sewing clothing for the family. We can get too picky, I think.