u/SavingsTangelo9293

The Joann in North Houston was taken over by Mexican fabric store, Parisina, and they took over some of the leftover stock. It‘s a bit of a shock to see specific fabrics I bought in 1/4 yard strips due to cost going for $1.99 a yard clearance. The bolts still have the original labels. I definitely have been coming through and stocking up, my latest haul was ~17 yards of mostly embellished mesh and lace.

I will say the normal stock is priced more in line with value competitors. It‘s just the leftovers they’re trying to offload that’s so cheap.

Is this the best I can realistically hope for with a white fill over a black velvet background? I've got a knockdown stitch over a water soluble topper and a bidirectional underlay in the fill itself. I avoided going too dense on the fill stitches since I've read that usually isn't the fix. This is definitely the best this pattern has come out so far, but it's still not as solid as I'd like.

(I know my satin contour underlays are showing, they're going away next attempt since they've never played nice.)