Why go to a quilt store???
#111
I may be a fabric snob but Walmart fabric is out of the question FOR ME and JoAnn's isn't much better. For the amount of time and money spent and hoping that what I create will last a long time, I choose a true quilt store. That being said, I usually will make the treak to Lancaster PA where most of the fabric there is in the $6 range, true QS quality fabric. I'm headed out tomorrow to Berkholders, 25% off and their clearence is down to 1.75 and 3.00, for quality fabric.
Just my 2 cents.
Just my 2 cents.
#112
Junior Member
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Paris, Texas
Posts: 170
I shop the LQS because I know that the fabric is of great quality. If I am going to put a lot of my time and effort into making a quilt, I want to use the best. Even if it means I don't make but a few quilts in a year. And I have purchased expensive machines and why would I want to use lesser quality fabric/thread.
#113
Super Member
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Owensboro, KY
Posts: 1,420
I prefer to shop through a quilt shop because the fabric is better quality. Mostly I shop online because I search for sales and clearance specials. I can't afford $10 and up per yard for quilting fabric. I try to look for good values, but top quality. I figure if I'm spending that much time making something special, I want it to last through hard use or frequent washings if given to a child or baby.
#114
I shop my LQS because they always have bargains. They also carry a line of flat fold fabrics which usually are last years overruns from the fabric companies. They run around $5 a yard, For backings they work out well, they also have a sale corner where most everything there is 30% to 50% off regular price.
Fabric ages longer than that in my stash. grin
Fabric ages longer than that in my stash. grin
#115
Originally Posted by fabric_fancy
i prefer to shop online then go to any stores because i can always find cheaper prices or better quality for the same price online.
#116
Super Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Chapel Hill
Posts: 1,086
Personal service
Smaller
Sometimes a better selection, generally easier to find what I need
I know the ladies there and they have a good eye for color and pattern
Social time
New ideas
Opportunity to meet up with friends
I really like my LQS.
Cheers, K
Smaller
Sometimes a better selection, generally easier to find what I need
I know the ladies there and they have a good eye for color and pattern
Social time
New ideas
Opportunity to meet up with friends
I really like my LQS.
Cheers, K
#117
Originally Posted by stephaniequeen
I have been to several quilt stores and the fabric is usually pricey. So with that in mind, why go to a quilt store when you can go to JoAnns or Walmart??
I made a lovely quilt once - one of my first. It was a muslim foundation pineapple quilt. I found a group of gorgeous fabrics at my LQS. But I'm a scrappy girl and needed more interest, so was in JoAnn's and found the color I needed with different prints and I bought enough to make a bed skirt. All the Joann's fabric faded and just shredded to bits. That bed skirt lasted for 2 years, that was it. I'm afraid to use that quilt now. The good fabric looks perfect, not so my renegade fabric. I do buy online. I'm not a matchy, matchy type person. I think like Bonnie Hunter, the more different fabrics the more interesting the quilts - and boy are my quilts interesting. So, it matters not if I mis read a color or pattern. I shop lots in my LQS - I love them. I'm fortunate, I am still working, no kids at home and I buy what I like.
With places like thousandsofbolts, whittles,quiltfabriccloseouts, and ebay, there are just a ton of places selling quality fabric for less. And some of them are small business owners also.
Judi
#118
Power Poster
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Lowell, MA
Posts: 14,083
We need to support the LQS or they will go out of business. Unfortunately, the ones near me have closed, and now that we have moved I haven't located one locally. When a friend of mine and I had more time (and money) we went to several quilt shops further away (she doesn't mind driving) and at several we found great fabric and great sale fabric. One in particular, had a bin of fabric for $2.99/yd - same fabric as on the sales floor, but they were just getting rid of it to make room for more fabric. Besides the bargains, I found some fabric that called my name, and the owners are people who work there are a wealth of information, and always helpful.
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