I have a friend. Well, maybe more than 1 but I am talking about one friend who use to use the cheapest fabric she could find. And yes, she could quilt like crazy. But then we made a quilt together with fabric from my stash. She then understood the cost of a quilt is much more than the price of the fabric.
So she slowed down, selected fabrics from the local quilt store that carries amazing quality fabrics, a machine she feels totally comfortable with sewing on and now makes amazing quilts.
So yes, my time is worth more than saving money on fabric. And just as I will not go out into the woodshop and make furniture I can buy down at K-Mart out of pine, I will not sew with crap fabric.
tim in san jose