Originally Posted by karenpatrick
My avatar is a quilt I made for the daughter of a friend as a graduation present. the navy and cream homespun in the sashing came from Joann's and I paid $15.00/yd for it. Over the weekend I saw the same fabric at Walmart for $3.99/yd. I have no explanation for this but I really felt robbed by Joann's after I saw the same thing at WM for so much less. I guess you just have to shop at lots of places and handle everything. You can't go by price.
I was mentioning to my husband, after a walk thru at a LQS, that a certain chili pattern must be the most popular fabric of all, because I have seen it at Walmart, JoAnn, and every place I have ever seen fabric.
I buy flannel to make dog beds for my girls and for friend's dogs, and you can certainly feel the difference in the materials as soon as you pick them up. I am really learning a lot on this board....so glad I found it.