I called Robert Kaufman and spoke to someone after they failed to reply to my e-mail, and when I posed the question to a Roy Castro he hung up on me. I called back and spoke to someone else who told me that they only sell first quality Kona and Robert Kaufman and that fabric is the same in all the stores that carry the lines. By law they cannot sell less than first quality without labeling it as such. The woman I spoke to from Kaufman whose name I neglected to get has promised me that someone will contact me. We'll see!