I buy what I like and can afford. If the perfect fabric-color/design/feel-shows up at a box store, great. If it shows up at a quilt shop, great. I am not swayed by names-either brands or LQS-but rather by what I need or what will work for a particular project. Except for my weakness for cute baby flannel, I don't buy fabric just for the sake of buying. I have to have a project in mind. Not one for buying fabric from thrift shops/yard sales, I never see anything I am that impressed with.