Absolutely so true !!

it's possible that an american quilt may not be purcased as the buyer of the cheap quilt may not be able to afford a more expensive american one.

Before I started quilting I bought one of those "looks like homemade" quilts; even looked like it was quilted by hand. Well you get what you pay for. It started falling apart before I had ever washed it and boy once I did wash it, it looked like $#!$. Now I'm sure there are some nice quilts in retail but I don't think I'll ever own one.

So true. There is a place near me that sells handmade quilts on consignment. Beautiful, and worth all the asking price I'm sure. but I would never buy one simply due to the cost.

I have one & it's a beauty.Never saw a store bought quilt adv as home made,so can't ans that.My Mom bought it from Khols to save me the time of making one.Since she passed away,I find myself loving it even more. She chose it, in colors she knew I like.
It's 3 yrs old & looks like new. No complaints from here.

Several catalogs that used to sell these, and had a liberal return policy, no longer sell them, because they come back when the buyers realize they are no good.

If you want to know what factory conditions are like in China these days, watch a documentary called China Blues. (on PBS). It was about a blue jeans factory. Girls living in dormitories (some as young as 14),away from home, working 17-18 hours a day (no kidding) -- and no overtime pay of course. Paychecks get delayed, their food and lodging gets taken out, pay gets docked for this and that. Horrible working conditions. As I was watching it, I was thinking, Here this is supposed to be a "Communist" country and they are perpetuating the worst of "Capitalism" (because one person owned the factory and was making all the money.). It was like conditions in the US 125 years ago, before there were any labor laws.

DON'T buy Chinese! American industry and American crafts are being destroyed by us when we buy cheap foreign goods and by those American companies who make obscene profits by off shore manufacturing and/or purchasing.

(Buy old bedding at Goodwill or other charities for the dogs.)

I had a bunch of those and always bought king sized! When I go my Tin Lizzie guess what I practiced on!

I will get a few more years of use out of those quilts!

I've purchased them before and they're fine until they're washed when the seams pull apart. I don't think of them as "quilts" but as another blanket.

i bought one of these quilts for my cats room to cover the seat and i wash it like twice a week its over a year old came with matching tote by the way i paid 10 $ on clearance in wal mart i wash stick it in the dryer and it works fine so far.I hate to put handmade ones in there rooms because the washing.As soon as the get down more on price i get another one.