My LQS is small. There isn't a lot of material. At least not the kind I am interested in. Mostly just floral stuff. I don't mind floral but I like vivid color, not so much muted. Since I am new to this and have spent enough, I have to cut back in other places. When I get better, I will buy more quality fabrics. I just wasn't sure if there was a difference.
The ones from Hobby Lobby that I've used in the past say Robert Kaufman Kona Cotton, like in this picture:
Red Pepper Quilts: Kona Cotton White ~ Stashing
I love the site your link goes to. Then I went to the site where she bought the fabric.... Hancock. Such beautiful material! Looked up Robert Kaufman and found the white kona cotton for $6.00 a yard! That is cheaper than Hobby Lobby! I'm never getting off this computer tonight.
Joann's carries Country Classics, Legacy Studio and Kona solids. I wrote this above, but.. quickly..I have tested three times these three and the CC is the thinnest and the LS and Kona I can't tell a difference. But that is not to say the CC is not good. I was using it before I learned of the other two. Just starch it heavy so the threads hold their shape during all the working times (so it doesn't stretch any) and then once finished they'd be okay. If budget is the problem..CC works fine but since I only shop with coupons..Joan's has the 40/50% off coupons so I buy the Legacy since for a buck more from the CC it is better I think and the Kona is not $2-$3 a yard better! I get 2 yards for the price of one. I do see tho that Kona has a few better color options than LS so sometimes I get the Kona for color reason..but still half off.
I will definitely look next trip to Hobby Lobby. The LQS are so expensive...I don't mind paying for nice fabric, but you use so much of the basics...you have to save somewhere! Soul60s I love the color too, I have resisted quilting for years because my mother quilted and her color choices were so dark. Her style was more primitive, and that's not mine. It is not just your mother's quilting anymore! The fabrics are so beautiful now, I love the turquoises, oranges, reds! I love the old style quilt patterns done in more modern fabrics. I am having so much fun quilting.
"She who dies with the most fabric wins"
Ecclesiastes 9:10 "Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might, for in the realm of the dead, where you are going, there is neither working nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom."
Julie
meeee too! I have probably 5 or 6 color schemes on my mind right now to make. My mind races with ideas for quilted things!
"She who dies with the most fabric wins"
Ecclesiastes 9:10 "Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might, for in the realm of the dead, where you are going, there is neither working nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom."
Julie