Has anyone tried this?
 

I saw the new solid fabrics for $2.97 at WalMart, and they don't feel bad on the bolt. Has anyone bought any yet, and if so, have you washed it to use it yet? Wondering about the feel of it after being washed and dried? Would you use it in a quilt?

used it in a quilt but it has not been washed yet. I agree it felt pretty good

get 1/2 yd take it home wash it and dry it and see what you think about it

That's a lot of money to invest in this. Think big and buy a whole yard. Worst that can happen, it turns into the back of some place mats.

tim in san jose

I bought some as I also thought that it felt pretty good..it did wash nice and still had body to it..I will buy it again as they had lots of different colors..I didn't piece with it I used it for the back of a king size quilt..

I bought some. It's seems to be holding up just fine for the back of a drag around quilt I made for my grand toddler.

I am still skeptical about the price of this fabric. I haven't been to Walmart in over 3 months. But I remember the old saying, you get what you pay for keeps echoing in my head.

Don't knock it till you've tried it. I buy fabrics all the time at Walmart and while there are some very "questionable" fabrics, they do have some very good ones at a reasonable price. I have not purchased the new solids yet, but will definitely try some since you are having good luck with them, although I really need to finish a couple projects first ;)

I bought a bunch of the white for a quilt I'm working on. It washed up nice but the quilts not finished. It really reminds me of Kona. It's a great deal.

For $2.97 I would buy 1 yard, take it home and wash it, iron it, cut and stitch it and see how it feels and works up. Only you know if you like a fabric.

I buy quilt shop quality fabric for $2.97 per yard all the time and have absolutely no regrets, that being said the fabric is on sale but not from $10.00 a yard more than less has been at the highest $8.99 per yard. So as the saying goes "don't knock it till you try it" what do you have to lose?

I have bought fabric from walmart and never had a problem with it. I have always washed my fabric up until recently and it has held up just fine.

Some of the WalMart fabric is really quite good and some is, well - I wouldn't use it for a quilt. Having said that, I have found good OSU fabric at ours and some very nice floral. Not really expensive and I do wash it because I don't want to risk it shrinking. However, if I am going to use the Walmart fabric with charm packs, layer cakes or jelly roll strips, I don't wash it because these three items are the ones that I have found that do shrink. I let them shrink together.

I've found all different quality of fabric at just about anywhere I've shopped. I've gotten awesome fabric very inexpensively at Walmart - even some in the $1 a yard stuff. Some of the nicest flannel and fleece has been $1-$3
Give it a whirl!

I play with WM fabric a bit in my hand. Hold it up to the light, etc. Like others have said some is very good and some is not. I am sewing weighted autism blankets right now so I want a nice tight weave so prewashing is a must. :)

I get a lot of $3 a yard fabric from...www.Doviequiltingandfabric.com and it comes from Marshalls, moda etc... very good fabric...on sale..

Is there any brand name or manufacturer name on the end of the bolt at Walmart? I will check it out.

My DIL and I each bought some and it has washed and ironed well. Neither of us has sewn it yet. But I believe it's as good as the 6-8 dollar fabric at JoAnn's or Hancock's.

I agree you get what you pay for but in some cases, larger retailers who purchase in bulk can offer better prices. I have used Walmart fabric in many quilts and it seems to hold up just fine.

Seven years ago I retired and for a gift one gal gave me several yards of fabric from WalMart and a pattern because she knew I wanted to learn to quilt. I didn't wash it but made a quilt, put a "fat" batt in it and have used it every Wisconsin winter on our bed since. It gets washed several time a winter and of course when it is put away for the summer months. It has held up beautifully and still has its bright colors. Having said that, I buy from one of my favorite quilt shops and on line more than I do from WalMart but am going to check it out and pick some up for backs and see how it works. Thanks for asking this question. grammasharon

I bought 4 different colors for a wallhanging. Washed and dried and they still really nice.

I, too, having been saving big $$$ by shopping those fabrics at Walmart. So far, so good. I always pre-wash and iron. It's been years and I have not been disappointed.

I bought some, washed, dried and ironed it. It seemed ok until I sprayed the starch on it. Then I pressed it and it kind of bubbled up like the cheap cotton at JoAnn's. It became distorted and wonky like it stretched out unevenly. I was pressing it not ironing it because I didn't want it to stretch. So then I turned my iron down from cotton setting to polyester and used steam. The same thing happened when I used spray starch. So then I decided to try again with no starch and just used steam and it still got that bubbly wonky distorted look. I think it might be a very cheap blend of cotton fibers, it is a bit thin compared to the LQS fabrics, just doesn't have the same heft to it. If you hold it up to the light you can see it isn't woven very tight. I am going to buy another few yards and make a table cloth and placemats for outside by the pool. I would not use it for anything I'd want to cherish and have around for many years. For my use outside it will work just fine.

I have a quilt I made many years ago.when I first started quilting..It is all wal mart material..It has lasted better than some of the ones made from quilt shop material..I have also saw the same material at Wal-Mart ..and quilt shop with price differences of course..as for u get what u pay for.that doesn't always ring true when u consider..the mark up at the quilt store..so they can stay in business..compare to the fact wally world does not have to have that huge mark up...the feel of the material should be the deciding factor..in my opinion.

I have bought some from WalMart and it did pretty good. I check to see if I can stretch it or see through
it before I purchase it. If I can do either, then I don't buy it. If it passes, then I buy it. I do like their
wide width fabric for backing and their roll batting.

The fabric at Walmart for $2.97 a yard is from Waverly and is very nice. I have bought several yards of various colors and it has been washed and quilted with no problems. Quite satisfied with it and will buy more!

When our Walmart closed their fabric department several years ago, I bought tons of material that had a really nice hand to it. Lots of white on white bolts with 11 yards and more on a bolt. I have been slowly using it and have had no problems with it. Some of it seems nicer than the LQS material I've paid $11 plus for. What I have used has washed very well.

I bought a yard of the white, took it home and cut off a chunk. Washed it in the sink, scrubbed with it actually and tossed it in the dryer. It came out great. So I have bought several more pieces and plan on making a pieced quilt with the polka dots. The fabric is luscious, it is made with the Waverly fabric name on it and I trust it. If it was Moda, wouldn't you trust it too ? I love Waverly fabrics and have made quilts out of their curtain fabric. I plan on buying even more of the fabric while it is at this wonderful price. One time I was nosing around Walmart fabric in a strange city and found some heavenly feeling ivory printed fabric and it was labeled Thomas Kinkaid. I bought it and it was just wonderful to sew with, cost me about $2.50 a yard. It made up a beautiful quilt. Look at the fabric, feel it. You can tell a difference from bad and good fabric.

I wish there was a Wal-Mart close to us that carried fabric, but I don't. I used to buy a lot of fabric at Wal-Mart, but I made sure I liked the "feel" of the fabric, and I've gotten a lot of bargains there. One of the ladies in the guild I used to attend worked as manager in the local Wal-Mart fabric dept. She told me that she carried some name brand fabrics, and because they bought the fabric in such large quantities, they were able to sell it at a lower price. There are also some fabrics that I leave in the store, but they have some good fabric as well. Now if only the closest Wal-Mart still carried fabric, as they only have a limited amount of precut fabrics in 1-2 yd. pkgs.

I see the same fabric at Wal Mart that I see at Jo-Ann's. Only it's cheaper at Wal Mart. Like fabric everywhere, some is better than others. Never had a problem with their Cranston line....or, indeed, any other I've bought there.

Fabric I bought at Jo-Ann's on Sunday feels kind of stiff but thin. I didn't pre-wash (as I often do) because I was in a hurry. I hope it holds up. It was not cheap ($7.99 a yard) and not on sale (though I used a coupon). Hope it holds up since it's now the backing on the little quilt I'm working on.

I agree with Shy. I have some material that I bought at Walmart and later saw the same fabric for almost double the price in a fabric store. I got it at WM just after they put it out so got it in several color ways. The craft mgr came on duty while I was there and was so excited. She had not seen it because she was not at work when it came in. She was putting some away for herself.

Good luck, I had some fade from our LQS.

I went to a quilt shop and bought the stuff to make a quilt top for a new relative and walked out $125 later and was kinda stunned a lot of it was on sale and some of it I picked out because it was more in my budget. lol I went home and bought the backing on thousand bolts as they were having a sale, I really hope they like it and ill just cringe if
anything happens to it. I hope I can get it done on my vacation I would jump up and dance if I found anything that cheap that was thicker than a paper towel.
carla

I pick and choose at Walmart. Some of the fabrics they have are very nice and I don't hesitate to use them. I noticed today that they have some Waverly for $3.97 a yard. (not quilting fabric though)