I buy most of my fabric on line and on sale from Hancocks of Paducah, Quilt In A Day, Connectiing Threads, and a few others. After over five years of quilting I finally feel that Im good enough to use more expensive fabrics and harder patterns. As a beginner I just would not spend the money for expensive fabrics.
I will still buy sales on line but will go to the local quilt shop for more expensive lines of fabric for special patterns.
It just depends on what I am making and for who.

Go to Ocean Springs, MS...they have Janet's Quilting Bee...that's where I went prior to moving to FL. It's a lot closer to Mobile than P'Cola is.

I am waiting on my first order from them. Should be here on Wed. I glad you like their fabric as I ordered about 50 yrds of 29 different fabric. They had some on sale for $2.48 yrd. Couldn't pass that up. If it isn't really good quality, I'll use it for quilts for the nursing homes in my area that I make.

I just got an order of several of the new line samplers from CT. They have a nice feel and drape. Their designer fabric seem to me a better quality feel then the blender fabric. I like all of their fabrics though. It's my fabric of choice for backings. If it's on clearance for under $3 I buy a lot of it. I have my favorite fabric brands like Northcott, Kauffman, Marcus Bros etc and buy those fabrics when I find them on sale. I rarely buy fabric from a LQS but I do buy notions, threads, tools, and patterns from them.

I know that when I put the fabrics that the LQS sells (Benartex, Moda, RJR, Hoffman, etc) up against the fabric from CT - CT fabric is one of my last choices. I see a definite difference in the quality, colors, design, etc. I have a friend who has an internet business and I know that her wholesale price is above what CT is selling fabric for. Additionally for large pieces (backs, borders) I hit my LQS yearly sale, granted a lot of the frabrics are in large yardage 5+ yds, but if I want to use it for a back it might be just enough. If the piece is larger and I like it I can use it for the back, borders and binding. We also go in a group so if several of us like it we can split it when we get home.

Those of you who have LQSs to shop at should consider yourselves very lucky. We have none in our area closer than 50+ miles. I will sometimes buy from a shop in Shipshewana, IN whenever I visit my son and family in northern Indiana. Otherwise I have to buy online or at Joann's or Hobby Lobby.