Beachbound

Oh good for you!!! I just ordered their catalog & was drooling over the batiks on sale there. It pays to shop smart!

weezie

I haven't bought fabric at Wal-Mart for many years, so I have nothing to say about it one way or the other. However, you really CAN buy some very nice fabric at Joann's, but you have to shop very carefully to find the good stuff. In my opinion, you should not go into Joann's (or Hancock Fabrics) and choose fabric just by color, since so much of their fabric is very poor quality ... flimsy, see-through, loosely woven and often the weave and/or the pattern/dye is flawed. I usually shop for quality rather than color and then, in time, I manage to get enough quality fabrics that go together very well. The best fabric I've gotten there has come off the Red Tag sale table, mixed in amongst the really hideous home decorating and garment fabrics. Over a period of several years, I've gotten quite a lot of excellent Red Tag "finds".

weezie

Recently and for the first time ever, I ordered fabric on line ... some VERY pricey die-cut 2-1/2" strips ... specifically because they are in sets ... already color matched for the French Braid quilt that I want to do. I'm not too happy paying about twice the $$$ that I usually pay, but considering the color matching and the cutting is all done for me, I'm not unhappy about it either. Now that I've gotten the strips, I've since placed my order for yardage (for panels, sashing, squares, and backing) in colors that I think will really set off the strips to good advantage. That package will be here in a week or so and I'm keeping my fingers crossed that the mix/match will be stunning!

Because I really like to see and feel fabric before I purchase it, up until now, the only fabric I ordered on-line was 3-yds. of quilt backing.

newfiegirl

I was advised by a JoAnn associate that they regularly do a "pull down" of regular fabrics and put them on a 50% off rack. I have gotten some really nice fabric that I had not considered buying prior because of the price. I would check the store regularly; sometimes you can get very lucky.