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Posted by Polly Esther on May 22, 2009, 1:17 pm
How we wish 'you get what you pay for' was still true. You can pay for a
very fine iron and get one that has the brand name on it but, in truth, is
made at the Play-Dough factory somewhere out here in the swamp. You can pay
for a very fine SM and get one that will make you cry.
I enjoy (and need) to shop for bargains and welcome any message of
someone else's finds. Someone here showed us Aurifil for $ 4.50 instead of
$ 9.50. You have to accept colors like mush piccalilli but that does fine
for piecing. Pass the M & Ms over my way, would you? Polly
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"onetexsun" <wrote>
> Doc, you've hit on much truth. No question, you get what you pay for.
> Name brands are more expensive for a reason. But when some online
> store has Fossil Ferns or Hoffman Batiks for $5 a yard, I want to know
> about it.
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Posted by on May 22, 2009, 4:54 pm
You make an excellent point, Polly, but I wasn't speaking in terms of
"brand names"; I was talking about quality of goods, which can be
wherever you find it. Maybe that's what I had forgotten. I also
wasn't putting anything in terms of absolutes; I never do.
If someone pays for a very fine SM and gets one that makes them cry, I
think they should return it, don't you? It might be another case
where the reason the price is so low is that you *can't* return it.
IMO, it would be worth a few extra bucks to get it from someplace that
will stand behind it.
Doc
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> for piecing. Pass the M & Ms over my way, would you? =A0Polly
> > Doc, you've hit on much truth. No question, you get what you pay for.
> > Name brands are more expensive for a reason. But when some online
> > store has Fossil Ferns or Hoffman Batiks for $5 a yard, I want to know
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Posted by WitchyStitcher on May 23, 2009, 10:01 am
Like many quilters here, I just BUY fabric with no project in mind. I
rarely use it immediately. I have discovered that there are many
websites that carry out-of-date name brand fabrics at fabulous prices
and often patronize them.
One I found after I bought a quilt kit at a LQS and they shorted me
fabric. When I returned a few months later, of course they didn't have
it and clained that it was impossible that it was short - I must have
cut wrong (I didn't). I found the same fabric at a fraction of the
price on a website because it was an old line. I loved it and bought
lots of extra. So, sometimes all you are paying for is the current
line, not the quality.
Linda, Boxtop Queen
PATCHogue, NY
On Fri, 22 May 2009 06:10:13 -0700 (PDT), Dr.Smith@rochester.rr.com
wrote:
, "You get what
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>you pay for." Bargains aren't always bargains, and when something
>looks or sounds too good to be true or miss out on, IMHOAE, it
>probably/usually is.
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Posted by Taria on May 23, 2009, 10:23 am
The beloved So Cal shop M&L has a lot of last year kind of fabrics.
If you aren't out to 'beat the Joneses' with your stash they are a
great way to afford quality fabrics. I buy fabric like you Linda.
I work out of my stash mostly so there is no need to worry about
buying the latest fabrics anyway.
Taria
WitchyStitcher wrote:
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> Like many quilters here, I just BUY fabric with no project in mind. I
> rarely use it immediately. I have discovered that there are many
> websites that carry out-of-date name brand fabrics at fabulous prices
> and often patronize them.
>
> One I found after I bought a quilt kit at a LQS and they shorted me
> fabric. When I returned a few months later, of course they didn't have
> it and clained that it was impossible that it was short - I must have
> cut wrong (I didn't). I found the same fabric at a fraction of the
> price on a website because it was an old line. I loved it and bought
> lots of extra. So, sometimes all you are paying for is the current
> line, not the quality.
>
> Linda, Boxtop Queen
> PATCHogue, NY
>
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Posted by Patti on May 23, 2009, 10:46 am
You know, it's only *very recently that I have learned that there are
fabric specifically designed for each year. I thought they were just
'forever' sorts of things, once designed, until people stopped buying
them!
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There, that shows you how much I am aware of fabric practices >g<
(I buy for projects and *very occasionally just because I love
something).
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>The beloved So Cal shop M&L has a lot of last year kind of fabrics.
>If you aren't out to 'beat the Joneses' with your stash they are a
>great way to afford quality fabrics. I buy fabric like you Linda.
>I work out of my stash mostly so there is no need to worry about
>buying the latest fabrics anyway.
>Taria
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Best Regards
pat on the hill
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> Doc, you've hit on much truth. No question, you get what you pay for.
> Name brands are more expensive for a reason. But when some online
> store has Fossil Ferns or Hoffman Batiks for $5 a yard, I want to know
> about it.