apartment therapy changing the world, one room at a time

It is a lovely colorway.
Once long ago, when I had a sewing & needlework store, I was shopping for wholesale fabric in Plymouth. I had to be careful with the budget & keep my customers in mind while still keeping my point of view in the selections.
On the way out I saw huge bales of fabric ready for shipping. Being curious,
and jealous of their budget, I asked where it was going.
The huge bales were going to China, to be made into American quilts to be sold here.
When I had the store, it was a continuous source of grief to me that an imported quilt could cost less than the fabric to make one here.
The other grief is that the level of workmanship, quality, undermines quilt history and leaves people uninformed about what a good quilt even is, & why they cost so much.
Years ago, Jeff Guetcheon wrote that baseball, jazz, & quilts were true American original contributions to the world.
I'll stop here. I wish the AT community could know what goes into the making of real quilts.