yorkiejan

Wow. Thank you for the tip. I only look to see if it is 100% cotton, and never noticed where it was made. Thank you again for being kind enough to share your experience.

mirish2

I have had good luck with Hobby Lobby fabric. However, they have fabrics from different origins as well. You need to watch their labels so you know what you are buying.

FroggyinTexas

I took the offending fabric back to the service desk at Wal Mart. The clerk talked to the fabric department manager who assured her that no refund was in order. I took the fabric I had left--all but six inches on each piece, along with the blades for the Dresden plate and poured it out of the sack onto the cutting table and asked the clerk there to move the fabric out of the places where the regular fabric is. She said no one else has complained, but I think that is because everyone else had sense enough to read the end of the bolt.

In any case, I happened to see the store manager as I was leaving and told him about the problem, that I really did not expect to get my money back although I would like to, and that what I really wanted was that "trash fabric" off the shelves with the regular fabric. He asked me if I would take a store credit for the money I had invested and I said, "Yes, thank you." He got a store credit card for me and quizzed me about where the fabric was on the shelves and what colors and said he would take care of it.

So, all's well that ends well. Thanks for all your comforting comments. froggyintexas

joycet

I found a great idea to make the ladies in my quilting bee before Christmas last year. I did buy half a yd of "undisclosed fiber content" at WM but was only going to use it to make a binding for a covered piece of foam board. I didn't think it would matter. I got the strips all cut out and sewn together. Then it was time to press. I thought the stuff had silk or something in it. Nothing flat it stuck to my iron. I'm still trying to get it off in fact. It never dawned on me that the stuff would burn so easy. I have learned my lesson. I will never buy that stuff for any thing...ever again.

tessagin

I was at Walmart earlier this morning for scripts and went to the fabric section. I learned a while back to check fabric content. If it says anything about unknown content I put it back. I want to be able to put an iron to it without any problems with melting. I'm not crazy about using polyester unless it's going into a crazy quilt and then maybe.

luvstoquilt

Thanks for the tip and I am sorry about what happened to you. It is a good idea to read the bolts for sure. I have been reading them hoping to find American made fabrics.

tessagin

I have seen unknown fiber content on some of their bolts also. Much of it does end up in the remnant bin.

susan...

wal mart by me puts the price label over the content label...now i no longer by fabric from there unless i can peel the label and read what is underneath

Sew Freak

Thank you for sharing your terrible experience....I too will be more careful when I purchase from them.

Tartan

Wow, a Walmart manager that actually listened and gave you a store credit!! I have found a few bolts of 100% cotton on my LQS shelf that say "dry clean" WHAT? Who dry cleans cotton? I looked it see if it had any fancy metallic or something but it looked like regular fabric to me.