I've had good luck with Connecting Threads and Fabric.com. I thought I had good luck with Keepsake Quilting until my last purchase. I've wanted the Stairway to Cat Heaven pattern from Quiltmaker for some time. I got an email saying that I could buy the kit for so much off so I jumped at it. The kit arrived and the fabrics were ugly. In addition, I didn't get the pattern. To be fair, I didn't read the fine print which said that you didn't get the pattern. It turns out that Keepsake Quilting puts the kits together for Quiltmaker and those magazines. I'm still waiting for my refund after I sent it back. I so sorry that you had a bad experience but like others here, I will probably buy online again. Sometimes, the only way to find the perfect fabric is to look/buy online.