I order from CT a good deal. I haven't found any problems with their products. I just bought 10 yards of their white fabric and it has a good hand to it and as good as any Kona I have used. I don't think $5.99 is to much for fabric as most of the LQS here are way more than that. I have found even some of the Moda fabrics I have purchased recently are no better than the fabrics I have bought from CT. I do use thread from CT and have had no problems with it.
Remember, most of the fabrics we buy are from overseas, Asian countries. All the major name brands have their fabrics made over there. There are a few US States trying to grow cotton but most of the fabric I have bought from them are solid colors. I am waiting for the prints to start coming out.
Also, when all our textile mills shut down here in the US which started back in the 60s, all the textile machines are sold right out of the mills. And there are no people to operate the machinery if it was still here. It would be a boon to the US economy if we could start producing our on textiles again.
But those days may have been long gone and never return. So all the mills you see along the highways and byways of America are just empty shells of what we used to have privilege to. I do try to but American made fabrics as often as I can and hope will be produced in the near future...