I know how to choose fabric that I can see and touch but I am afraid to order some for fear of getting some that is too thin to do well in a quilt. I am doing a Grandmothers Flower Garden and want all my flowers different. Online is my only choice as we only have Hobby Lobby and one quilt shop in town. Any ideas? PLEASE.. :roll:

I have ordered most of my fabric online, the fabshop hop stores all have great quality fabric, and most on line stores will state that their fabric is quality quilting grade. I have never had a problem or been disappointed. Connecting threads is also a great option.

If you take note of the brands of fabrics you like and like the feel of, you'll be more comfortable selecting fabric online. For example, I've never had a "Henry Glass" fabric that didn't feel fabulous - I know that if I see a fabric produced by this brand, I'll most likely be happy with it.

I've ordered a lot of fabric online, have yet to be disappointed :)

I have bought a fair bit of fabric online mainly from quilters. Linda is right you can just stick with brands you know and trust. Alternatively, just put together a small order and see how you go. It took me a while to get brave, but so far so good (and I buy vintage, which is really a lucky-dip!).

I started buying fabric online recently. I ordered from fabricshack and till now I haven't been disappointed. The fabric is beautiful and great quality.

I order online and look for the brands i know. Its much easier then LQS. and closer too.

One of the sites that I use is www.quiltshops.com. You enter a search type and ask for thumbnails and you can see the pictures of the fabric. All top of the line fabrics and, when you click on a link into a store, you can also go into their other pages, including the sale page-- lots of bargains to be had there.

I've probably bought half (or more) of my fabric in my fabric room online. (BTW, I have enough fabric-- in organized collections-- for 60 quilts so you can tell that I've bought a lot of fabric online!)

I agree with everyone else in learn your name brands that you like. I never bought fabric on line either until I joined this board, except once when I ran out of a fabric and had to find it on line. But in that case I knew what I was getting.

So I simply started paying attention to name brand products that I have never been disappointed with and have had extremely good luck finding bargains and ordering on line.

Brands that I like are Hoffman of California, Robert Kaufman, Kona Bay, Moda, P&B textiles, Timeless Treasures. I am sure there are others but I can't think of them right now.

Just make sure you go with the "name brands". You will be fine. :)

Stick with brand names you like. I order on line a great deal of time and stay away from brands I don't particularly care for. A nice assortment of FQs might work for you for your particular project.

Another suggestion for on-line fabrics. thousandsofbolts.com
I have ordered from this company and been more than pleased

Yes, they are great source but they only cut in 1 yard increments and it sounds like the OP would want less then 1 yard cuts for her GFF done in all different florals. TOB does have a small selection of fat quarters as well.

Hancocks of Paducha (sorry for spelling) has an online store with thousands of fabrics and they are all very nice quality. I've visited the store and honestly if they don't have it, probably no one does.

Windham Fabrics and Michael Miller Fabrics are also two brands that you can always trust! I don't know what type of fabrics you are looking to include in your Grandmother's Flower Garden, but Windham has some nice feedsack prints.

We sell 1/4 yard cuts of any of our fabrics that are sold by-the-yard... which, as someone else mentioned, is much more budget-friendly than having to buy a full yard!

Some fabrics are sold by the panel or pattern repeat and of course those we wouldn't sell a partial cut of, because it ruins the design for the next person.

It's too bad you're not a regular. If so, you could post for trades in the Sell/Trade section.