I do not like the sizing that adds false stiffness and body to fabric, and can sometimes disguise a lot of quality issues. I do not like the scent of all the chemicals they treat fabrics with.
I want my fabrics to be shrunken as much as possible and off-grain issues fixed before I cut. I want to know if the color is going to run or fade out quickly before I go to the trouble of cutting and sewing the quilt top.
Also, I do not like the idea of taking a piece of fabric that has been woven, printed, dyed, folded, shipped, warehoused, shipped again, unpacked, displayed and handled by 100 people before I get it home.
I don't stock pile fabric, but all the fabric I do purchase go from the shop, to the car, to the laundry room, to the hot water wash, and to the hot dryer. Sometimes it get to hang outside for a while, too. Then they are folded or rolled and taken to the sewing room .