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Old 06-14-2010, 12:33 PM
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I like their fabrics and use a lot of them. I do think you need to look them over closely before buying. I've got home with some that had big flaws in them, but most that I buy are fine.
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I totally enjoyed any fabrics if they are good quality---from Walmart, garage sales, thrift stores---etc. I miss being able to get fabric at Walmart----it was my favorite "time out" when traveling.
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Old 06-14-2010, 12:59 PM
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The Wal-Mart nearest me is closing its fabric line in August. I have bought from them and will miss being able to search out fabric there.
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Old 06-14-2010, 01:20 PM
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Originally Posted by saf45
i also buy from walmart, i have gotten some nice fabric but as lov-quilts and cats says you have to be careful, i have not had any problem so far.
I've gotten some great fabric at our Wal-Mart, but I'm always careful what I buy. I've also had good luck online. Only bad fabric I've gotten was on eBay.
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Old 06-14-2010, 01:31 PM
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Yes, I do like SOME of the fabrics. I really have to look at them and see how many dots or numbers are on the selvedge, that tells the whole story. The more dots the better the fabric.
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Old 06-14-2010, 01:39 PM
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Originally Posted by irma tapia
Yes, I do like SOME of the fabrics. I really have to look at them and see how many dots or numbers are on the selvedge, that tells the whole story. The more dots the better the fabric.
Ahhh, I never knew that! Thanks for the tip :)
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Old 06-14-2010, 01:56 PM
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WM quality is not up to LQS fabrics
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Old 06-14-2010, 02:08 PM
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WalMart has discontinued carring fabric in Pace, FL where I live in the winter...don't know what they are thinking. I like WalMart fabric..especially the quilters cotton for $2.50/yrd. Am thinking about boycotting WalMart...they were going to discontinue fabric last year and I wrote a letter stating how many people can't afford quilt shop prices..looks like it did no good.
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Old 06-14-2010, 02:10 PM
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Originally Posted by irma tapia
Yes, I do like SOME of the fabrics. I really have to look at them and see how many dots or numbers are on the selvedge, that tells the whole story. The more dots the better the fabric.
I always thought that the number of dots meant how many colors were used in the print - not the basic quality of the original fabric.
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Originally Posted by bearisgray
Originally Posted by irma tapia
Yes, I do like SOME of the fabrics. I really have to look at them and see how many dots or numbers are on the selvedge, that tells the whole story. The more dots the better the fabric.
I always thought that the number of dots meant how many colors were used in the print - not the basic quality of the original fabric.
Me too. The dots are for each color used in the printing process. I don't think it has anything to do with quality.
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