Favorite Online Fabric Shop for Quality Fabric
10-19-2011, 02:40 PM
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Originally Posted by DonnaCee
It's said that when you go to name brand outlet stores, the companies produce a lower (not necessarily poorer) quality of goods than the same thing sold in high end stores. I wonder if fabric manufacturers do the same. Is the Benartex you buy from Hancock the same quality as what you buy from Fabrics.com? I've bought from CT (their flannels are amazing) and Hancock of Paducah. When I buy from online stores I'm not familiar with I only buy the names I know. I once bought a jelly roll on Ebay that was disappointing because it was a mix of fabrics and some of them were poor quality. Where ever I shop I stick with the names I know. That seems the safest way to go. Then you know what you're getting. I'll certainly check out the sites recommended on this thread.
At some point, Robert Kaufman (the manufacturer) had posted on the forum here that the Kona cottons sold at JoAnns were no different from what is shipped to the LQS market.
That said... it is *possible* that one of the fabric manufacturers could have a batch of fabric that was printed on the wrong greige goods (unprinted cloth) which they have to unload and it *might* make its way to the chains or some other source. But... I said *possible*, not *likely*.
10-19-2011, 04:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Favorite Fabrics
Originally Posted by memaw4
My favorite is Connecting Threads. American made all the way.
http://www.connectingthreads.com/cfh...4&CSItemID=204
It talks about their international manufacturing partners, and their US-based headquarters and distribution facilities. Nowhere does it say that their fabrics are made in the US. Or even printed in the US.
A couple of years ago their website said that their fabric was made from cotton that was grown in North America, but it no longer even says that.
10-19-2011, 04:58 PM
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I love this store
http://www.etquilts.com/cgi-bin/Store/store.cgi
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http://www.dillingerfabrics.com/
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http://www.dillingerfabrics.com/
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