So am I suppose to not quilt because I cannot afford fabric at the LQS? Thank goodness I have many quilts that were made with "lessor quality", aka flour, feed sacks.
There are many cities that do not have a LQS. I have only found 2 or 3 in our travels. Plus my daughter visited one on her travels and she was told that handquilting was very old fashioned and NOONE did that anymore. Hello, from the replies on this board, I think many do.

You just HAD to tell me that. lol checking it out now.bye.

Many of my quilts are made with absolutely lovely WalMart fabric. Stop letting snobs make you feel less of anything!
I drive Fords; one of my acquaintances won't drive anything but Cadillacs. Both of us get to the same places at about the same time. Your WalMart fabric quilts will be just as lovely, will keep people just as warm and will last as long as the ones you make from more expensive fabric.

And so will the ones you make from cotton/polyester blends! Been there, done that and have the quilts a quarter century later after they've been washed in the top loader and dried in the hot drier dozens of times.
froggyintexas

cool site. but i will check out wally world whenb I am there tomorrow.

they say you get what you pay for, but a lot of times I have been gypped by the lqs. Walmart here used to have very good fabric and a nice selection too. I am sorry to say that when I have to spend 9 or 10 a yd it will stay in the store. And my quilts look just as good as the next ones.

when i first started to quilt, I didn't know anything about fabric,but I loved to quilt. So I read and learned,made more mistakes and learned some more.
Now I like to believe I know a little more :-D I buy fabric from Walmart and online and yes even the LQS. If I like the fabric I don't care who sells it.

All this talk about Walmart gave me the itch to go tonight. I spent $160 and got yards and yards of 100% good quality cotton fabric. That sum included a bag of cotton batting and a bolt of tear away stabilizer ($1.47/yd for 15 yards). There was plenty of VIP Cranston and other known names available and it was every bit as good as Joann's. I go there every few weeks and look at the sale bolts and never pay more than $2-3 yard. Some will be used for quilting, but I make and sell aprons and there are lovely matching sets that will be perfect for bright summertime designs -- and the price is right for resale. They had a wide variety of muslin in different weights. I picked up a couple of yards to use for a crazy quilt. All in all, I am happy. I'm not putting a LQS out of business because we don't have any and since I am a coupon fanatic, I will never ever pay LQS prices. Never. I do buy fabric online from quilter's paradise and Elkabee and pay higher prices for specialty fabric there, but nothing like LQS prices.

:thumbup: Good for you... :-D :-D

I agree with you! Seems kind of pricey and they were out of stock on the nice one's......I will keep looking or hit the stores that are selling it still.
PS I heard that they are going to start selling guns again. Trying to draw the male shopper in again.

The guns will never come back to New York, unfortunately. Not as long as Carolyn McCarthy can still take a breath.