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Originally Posted by givio
(Post 8130664)
JoAnn Fabrics carries a line of American produced solid color quilting cotton. It is a little lighter weight than Kona solids. I prefer the weight as it holds a very crisp fold when pressing, which works well for paper piecing and blocks that have very small pieces. The color shades offered are lovely. I bought a light brown carmel color and needed to go back for more, but the next bolt was not exactly the same shade. I also bought a wonderful coral a couple of years ago, but JoAnn doesn't carry that shade any more. So-- if you want enough for a project, buy enough at the start or you might not be able to match your earlier purchase.
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Originally Posted by feline fanatic
(Post 8130706)
American Made Brand by Clothworks. http://www.clothworks.com/AMB It is a line of solids, no prints.
Many retailers carry it. Fat Quarter Shop, Hancocks of Paducah, Fabric.com Video about company: https://youtu.be/-NQiAGfH05o Collections: http://www.clothworks.com/fabric-collection.html Includes prints. Prices are less than many imports. |
Almost all of the recipients of quilts I make do not go to fabric stores so they have no idea if a fabric is "outdated" or not.
I took about 45 quilts to the family reunion, and most had older fabrics in them. Did not hear "would be nice if it had modern fabrics" once. One of the local fabrics shops has been going out of business this summer. I bought some at 25% off, more and 50% off and when they hit 75% off I bought over $1,000 worth, including a lot of backing fabric. I don't think any of the last group was "modern" fabric but that does not bother me in the least. |
Originally Posted by cathyvv
(Post 8130822)
Don't count on that. Setting up a fabric manufacturing factory is expensive. Haven't done research, but I don't think much cotton is grown in the US now, so cotton fabric might have to be imported as well.
My over large stash looks good now. There is still a Lot of cotton grown here in the States. I live in Arizona and you should see the huge bales sitting in the fields ready to be picked up! That time of year, there is so much flying around in the air during picking time, it looks like it is snowing...just too hot for it to really be snow! |
I think quilters will use their stashes, or go back to the way our grandmothers did things....I love to find cotton clothing at the thrift store/yard sales and use it in my quilting. I also use a lot of vintage sheet fabric. I have more reclaimed fabric than new yardage. I mix reclaimed with new and have never had an issue. Finding interesting batik blouses and reusing that fabric is so cool! Most of my backings are used sheets, daughter loves them because they are so soft.
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One more post for those of you in Arizona or visiting anytime soon. SAS Fabrics carries discontinued name brand quilting fabrics starting at $4/yard. They have a range of fabrics from cheap JoAnn's/Hobby Lobby/Marshall's on up to Robert Kauffman, RJR, Moda, Tula Pink (more expensive). I go for the high quality fabrics on the $4 tables and have purchased many yards from there. It is a warehouse-type store, so none of the frills of the LQS, but that's okay with me! There are 3 locations in the Phoenix area and 1 in Tucson. I hear from other quilters here that the Tucson location is the best, but I have yet to find out. They have home dec fabric, bridal, costume fabric, and leather as well.
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Made me curious. We moved to Georgia wheee there are a lot of closed mills
https://www.cotton.org/pubs/cottonco...tory/where.cfm |
Having a stash is a Quilty pleasure.....
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Originally Posted by QuiltnNan
(Post 8130874)
I went to a blowout sale at an LQS this morning and they had many many bolts on tables that were $6/yd... very lovely and maybe only last year's lines.
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I have bins and bins of stash so guess I will just go shopping at home!! I have thought the price of good quality fabrics have been pretty expensive lately anyway. I feel bad for the quilt shops that need to keep their inventory up. I think more and more quilters will be shopping in their stash.
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I just recently built my stash up so most of my fabric is still “in style”. I started out buying fabric that I liked in random cuts and quantity (I love precuts) but then figured out it was better to plan a project and buy the specific pieces for it. Now.... I’m not sure which is better but I have some projects ready to go and some fabrics that still need ideas to see them through. We will see I spose. I’m grateful that I have a stash though, I can’t imagine what it’s going to be like if fabrics go up 25%....
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I am a slow quilter it seems and I have several projects in the works but if anyone's stash is getting low, some one suggested the idea of working on a complicated quilt that would take a long time to finish. It made a lot of sense to me but I do have a fair amount of stash before I will have to think about doing that.
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Originally Posted by SouthPStitches
(Post 8130360)
Its such a trickle down thing. I have a large stash and didn't really appreciate it that much until this past winter. With all the rising prices of fabrics in the past and future, have a new mind set of using it up, making do/substituting, gifting or trading with others. Do feel bad for the small brick and mortar stores trying to keep their heads above water. At $15 or more per yard currently, I'd have to find a new pastime.
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