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SewExtremeSeams 10-06-2010 06:50 PM

A lot of LQSs in my area charge $2.50 to $2.95. I try to buy at $1.57 or lower. So, they usually are on sale unless I am really in love with the fabric.

That looks like a great store to be near. :-D

bgullett 10-06-2010 06:54 PM

Very good price at $1.00. I have seen them from $1.75 on up.

Farm Quilter 10-06-2010 09:05 PM


Originally Posted by remclave
The store is not Walmart. I don't know how to judge the quality of a fabric.

I was told to put my hand behind a single layer of the material and if I could see my hand through the material, is was too thin for quilting.

wanderingcreek 10-06-2010 09:33 PM

I agree with you about the prices of fat quarters in Canada and I have even seen really cheap feeling ones at Walmart selling for $2 each.

Sew Krazy Girl 10-06-2010 10:52 PM

At JoAnns' today, I paid $1.49 and $1.99 depending on the prints.

sentimentaljourney2974 10-06-2010 11:16 PM

This looks one of the many stores in the Fabric District of Los Angeles.

CruisingStef 10-07-2010 12:44 AM

hi Remclave, my LQS sells them at 2.50 a FQ. To tell if its good quality fabric, hold a swatch up to the light if you can if you can see through it- not good. Or feel it, if it feels "heavy"- that's good.

Enid Yurman 10-07-2010 10:05 AM

i get my fat quarters at JoAnn's when thry are on sale for 99 cents otherwise they're $1.49 and up

needles3thread 10-07-2010 10:31 AM

I didn't read all the other responses to your message, but if the
fabric is see-thru or feels stiff, it probably is not a good quality.

4L 10-07-2010 12:42 PM

I went to TUES. MORNING Store here yesterday on the advice from someone on this board. They had FQ bundles (12) for $7.99. I bought two matching ones. Have not unbundled them to check them out as of yet...


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