Brace yourself--you're in for a SHOCKer
07-05-2010, 08:50 PM
#101
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Join Date: Apr 2010
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Was in Joann today, they have "remerchandised" fabric I bought three months ago and I'm pretty sure they raised the price - glad I bought a lot of my stash earlier this year.
I also will be using more online in-my-pj's buying. When the LQS's aren't making their volumes, the prices will have to drop. The cotton crop argument is temporary, the only reason prices go up in a recession is to cover for the people who aren't buying. Prices on everything should be coming down. Since they aren't, retailers are holding on so that their higher prices now look like the new standard price later.
What concerns me these days is quality product. Joann changed their supplier of FQ's and I'm not jazzed.
I started holding on to old clothes years ago, glad I did.
Is there a forum category for "I Need/I Have" posting?
I also will be using more online in-my-pj's buying. When the LQS's aren't making their volumes, the prices will have to drop. The cotton crop argument is temporary, the only reason prices go up in a recession is to cover for the people who aren't buying. Prices on everything should be coming down. Since they aren't, retailers are holding on so that their higher prices now look like the new standard price later.
What concerns me these days is quality product. Joann changed their supplier of FQ's and I'm not jazzed.
I started holding on to old clothes years ago, glad I did.
Is there a forum category for "I Need/I Have" posting?
07-05-2010, 08:51 PM
#102
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Westerville, Ohio
Posts: 711
I told you all this was coming back a few months ago when my friend went to Paducah. It is sad----because I think you guys are right that it will close some LQS---we quilters will survive in that we will do as our predisessors and recyle clothing to make our quilts. For those of us on limited budget, there are lots of 100% cottons in pants, shirts, skirts, etc. in thrift stores and at yard sales. Get what you need and can afford now. Besides, we all have each other and from what I have seen, generosity abounds on this board. Keep the faith---we will make it through this, and the fabric factories will get the message eventually.
07-05-2010, 09:13 PM
#103
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Originally from NY, now retired in Argentina. Miss the USA!!! :-(
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Originally Posted by ozecb
Wish we could buy good fabric for $8-9, they start at around the $13 mark for better quality fabric in Australia in our national craft chain store, more at the specialised quilt shops. Was so happy when I found quiltshops.com. Can anyone recommend any other online site? So glad I have a stash too.
Originally Posted by just_the_scraps_m'am
visited one of the local shops today & mentioned to the woman cutting my fabric----boy, prices sure have gone up.....well, she said, if you think they're high now.....wait a little.....bolts are soon to start @ $8-9 /yd & i've seen the new lines up to $14/yd and higher..... Not sure where all this leaves us but WOW, hug your stash now if it's goin' up THAT high! i guess my stash just got more valuable!......and now i have to add to it quick!!!
They also are easy to work with, use the same kind of shipping as Hancocks and the best part is that they sell all name brands for the cheapest price I have found on the web. The only thing is they don't carry all the latest fabrics, I think they buy leftovers that don't sell but I have found Moda, Robert Kaufman, etc and anything I brought from them was top quality.
07-06-2010, 04:11 AM
#105
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Southern Texas
Posts: 294
This is true I have used sheets before for backing and I found it very hard to hand quilt.
Good idea except I saw someplace not to use sheets because the thread count is too small and the needle going through the fabric, breaks the small threads and makes holes.
Originally Posted by rhueluna
Originally Posted by Tallulah
I love pretty backings. I may have to start using muslin on the back and save the pretty fabric for the tops.
I have friends who buy colored sheets for the back, but I haven't tried it yet.
Someone on this board came back from Paducah and said that Mr. Hancock of Hancocks of Paducah had told her that fabric was going up. Ouch!
I have friends who buy colored sheets for the back, but I haven't tried it yet.
Someone on this board came back from Paducah and said that Mr. Hancock of Hancocks of Paducah had told her that fabric was going up. Ouch!
07-06-2010, 06:38 AM
#106
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Alabama
Posts: 333
The reason we lost our textile mills wasn't due to polution, it was due to the NAFTA Agreement President Clinton signed right before he left office. Almost all the textile mills in the South have moved to Mexico.
07-06-2010, 03:04 PM
#107
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: in the heart of the awl
Posts: 1,015
My friend and I went "quilt shop hopping" today and visited 3 quilt stores in my area. I talked to every one of the owners and asked them about the fabric increase and they all said "what increase?". Most of the fabric is still $6.00 up to $9.00 a yard and that was at one of the newest stores. The others were still very reasonable. One of the owners said that maybe the price increase was at stores in the larger cities. So, either that is the case, or else the price increase hasn't come to Montana yet.
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