What I want from my online fabric store is .....
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Was browsing at lunch today and getting frustrated. Decided to start a list of what I want from an online fabric store.
1) All fabrics should should show at least one full repeat of the print. If the repeat is so large that you have to stand 5' away - spare the dime and include a second photo that has a close up of one section.
2) Tell us the size of the repeat so we know how much to buy.
3) Printed fabrics should be shown with a ruler, or some identifyable object so that size of print can be determined.
4) Please don't insult us by listing remnants as "on sale" - 1/2 yard available for $4.50. Quilters can do math.
So what's on your list???
1) All fabrics should should show at least one full repeat of the print. If the repeat is so large that you have to stand 5' away - spare the dime and include a second photo that has a close up of one section.
2) Tell us the size of the repeat so we know how much to buy.
3) Printed fabrics should be shown with a ruler, or some identifyable object so that size of print can be determined.
4) Please don't insult us by listing remnants as "on sale" - 1/2 yard available for $4.50. Quilters can do math.
So what's on your list???
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Show the whole charm pack, layer cake or jelly roll. I've found several sites that only show you the piece on top. Then you have to take the collection name and hunt it up on the manufacturer's web site to see if you like enough pieces to buy it.
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Originally Posted by CompulsiveQuilter
P.S. Who has the contacts to send this thread to quilt shops out there? Surely we can send it to more than one at a time ...
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I really appreciate how some of the sites advertise their fabric. I have seen yard sticks laying across some so you can see a repeat. Rulers across the bottom of pictures. Seeing a coin laying on the fabric helps with all over prints too.
One site layed a tape measure across the scanner bed on top of the fabric :D
With online shopping becoming a bigger and bigger business, Maybe it is time that the owners upgrade their pictures/advertising descriptions for us :wink: AND it would cut down on emails and phone calls asking for this info :D:D:D
I agree with all the above and would add border prints. Often they only show a small portion of these, not the whole width of fabric.
If there was more information available, I will be more apt to buy what I come across when shopping. Not knowing, unless it is one BIG sale and I can probably use it for another project, I usually just pass it by :D:D:D
One site layed a tape measure across the scanner bed on top of the fabric :D
With online shopping becoming a bigger and bigger business, Maybe it is time that the owners upgrade their pictures/advertising descriptions for us :wink: AND it would cut down on emails and phone calls asking for this info :D:D:D
I agree with all the above and would add border prints. Often they only show a small portion of these, not the whole width of fabric.
If there was more information available, I will be more apt to buy what I come across when shopping. Not knowing, unless it is one BIG sale and I can probably use it for another project, I usually just pass it by :D:D:D
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Originally Posted by Lisa_wanna_b_quilter
Show the whole charm pack, layer cake or jelly roll. I've found several sites that only show you the piece on top. Then you have to take the collection name and hunt it up on the manufacturer's web site to see if you like enough pieces to buy it.
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