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05-28-2010, 07:00 AM
#72
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Originally Posted by galvestonangel
If any of you want to get fabric back in your local Walmart (if it has been taken away). If they get enough letters they will put the fabric dept back in the store. It happened here.
05-28-2010, 08:40 AM
#73
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Originally Posted by chamby
Originally Posted by TanyaMas
Originally Posted by BellaBoo
WalMart does not sell batiks at all, but tie dye fabric to look like batiks. The best quality fabric Walmart sells is the Quilt of the Month fabric. I have one yard of David Textile's print sold there, folded and machined quilted that I have put in every load of clothes I have washed for over a month. Some bleach loads. I'm doing my own experiement. So far the fabric may be a little faded next to the new but not weaken at all. No shredding at the seams. I'm perfectly pleased with it for all make and use quilts. For my heirloom pass down and never use keep hands off quilt I will buy the $12 a yard fabric.
WalMart does sell Batiks.
Due to modern advances in the textile industry, the term has been extended to include fabrics that incorporate traditional batik patterns even if they are not produced using the wax-resist dyeing techniques.
regardless of what they are called... they are pretty :D
and for those of us that cant spend $12 a yard, they work quite well :D
My oldest daughter still has the quilt i made her before she was born, with WalMart fabric... and it has been overly well loved and washed hundreds of time.
I understand that many dont like it, but for some WalMart is the difference between being able to do what you love and laying in bed staring at the ceiling tiles :D
I totally agree with you. I have never had any problems with Walmart fabric. However we no longer have fabric at our walmart. Some people believe that if they are not spending a large amount of money then they are not getting quality. Just like those who insist on buying name brand at the grocery store.
They would not dare buy the store brand. They come from the same place they just place the stores name on the packaging. I do agree that some store brands are not good.
As for the fabric you can judge mostly by the feel. I agree the private shops charge way too much for their fabric.
There is nothing wrong with looking for a bargin and buying on sale. Just because you pay top dollar does not always mean you have gotten quality.
Why does everyone seem to care so much about what other people buy? You might have a nicer car than most - no one tells you you're dumb to waste your money when a cheaper car would get you where you're going. It's important to you - that's good enough. If it's important to someone to buy really high quality fabric, that should be good enough for the rest of us.
05-28-2010, 09:15 AM
#74
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Well guys, let me tell you. I have bought at my LQS, Walmart, online, at estates and at rummage sales. I cannot tell you which is my favorite. But I can tell you this. I love to quilt. If it pleases me, that is all that matters, because it is one of my many hobbies. If I had to make my living at doing this, then I would buy the most expensve fabric I could find and would not enjoy doing it half as much. Anyway, that's my two cents worth.
05-28-2010, 09:20 AM
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I agree with you Ramona. I too shop at garage sales. I look for sheets, pillow cases, mens shirts (expecially large men), napkins, fabric, blankets, bed covers, placemats, towels, etc. I have also used freecycle and have received quite a lot of fabric and even one unfinished baby blanket. And guess what? I didn't know about any of this until I got on this board and I am still learning every day. Things that I used to throw away now have a use.
05-28-2010, 09:25 AM
#77
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I agree some of the prices at the LQS are getting very high.
I have never been one to buy much fabric from Walmart but lately specially if I'm doing tablerunners or pocket books I have been buying at Walmart I can than make two instead of one. I have noticed that they are starting to carry some very nice fabrics. I shop my LQS when they are having a sale or if I'm making a something special. I also have gotten some very nice fabrics from Connecting threads and if you spend $50 the shipping is free and it doesn't take long to reach that sometimes a couple of use go in together to get the free shipping.
Happy Quilting
I have never been one to buy much fabric from Walmart but lately specially if I'm doing tablerunners or pocket books I have been buying at Walmart I can than make two instead of one. I have noticed that they are starting to carry some very nice fabrics. I shop my LQS when they are having a sale or if I'm making a something special. I also have gotten some very nice fabrics from Connecting threads and if you spend $50 the shipping is free and it doesn't take long to reach that sometimes a couple of use go in together to get the free shipping.
Happy Quilting
05-28-2010, 08:36 PM
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I'm all for supporting your local quilt shop however I live in Chicago and there are not that many to choose from. But like you said, you can always find a better deal online and it usually is tax free and sometimes free shipping. Plus, and here is the biggy for me, the selection is enormous when ordering onling!
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