Flannel Quality and Sources

Feb 01, 2006 7 Replies

I hadn't sewn with flannel for awhile and recently had bad luck with several lengths I bought at Joann's--- lots of weaving faults, warped fabric, and way uneven plus too much shrinkage (from too loose a weave and poor quality control). I looked at their flannel again a couple days ago and discovered that most of it was that way... ick!



So I'm wondering if there are better sources for (non-baby) flannel, perhaps online? Has the quality of flannel degraded generally or is Joann's just buying particularly lousy goods? I'm afraid to buy from Fabric.com since they sent me 2 different lengths of poly/cotton interlock that was supposed to be all cotton per their web site. TIA.



Phae


I've ordered several fabrics from eQuilter.com and so far have never had a problem. This is my own experience with them, but I have never heard of them selling anything except excellent fabric. Emily

My eQuilter fabric has also been excellent, in both quality of fabric and of service. Hm... Must order from them again! :)

if there are better sources for (non-baby) flannel,

just Joanns, I think.

I don't have a specific source at the moment, but if you find flannel from Portugal, it won't disappoint. JPBill

I'll take a look at eQuilter and keep my eye out for flannel from Portugal. Thank you all for the help. :)

Hello,

I have not ordered from this website yet but you might want to give them a try.

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Luck, Liz W

Oh thank you very much... I'm taking a look right now. :)

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