Originally Posted by
lizzie3
When I started quilting 9 years ago I bought primarily from Fabricland (quality is halfway between Joannes and quilt stores) and would cross the border and occasionally get fabric from Joannes, rarely bought from quilting stores. I kept to my budget! ...I assume many of us started buying poor quality, would you toss it? I wouldn't have any other use for it.
I have held on to JoAnn's fabric from the 70s and 80s (and every other kind of fabric from any period) even though I would never use it in a quilt. Primarily, I use this fabric to make FMQ practice squares and collage quilt pieces, but also use random scraps of it in string quilting. As Bonnie Hunter (?) says, 'if fabric still looks ugly to you, you aren't cutting it small enough.' If you have the space to segregate and store it, do so guilt free!