Ugliest fabric ever, revisited

In an earlier post, I commented that it is nearly impossible to find fabric that I like in stores that are entirely devoted to displaying fabric. Upon further investigation, I discovered that you can, in fact, find several fabulous fabrics if 1) you do not have a project in mind for which you need fabric and therefore don't have any idea how much of it you might need, and/or 2) you don't have money to spend on fabric. Under these circumstances, great fabric practically jumps off the shelves into your cart.