Fabric cost too much
#71
Junior Member
Join Date: Aug 2010
Posts: 292
If anyone thinks the prices will go down they are really believers.
Maybe the price will be an incentive to use from our stash.
I hate Walmart but I guess I"ll have to buy from them. There
fabric is quit nice.
Oh to have Woolworth and Newberry Stores back.!!
And for you gals that have to drive 30 plus miles to goto the
store, it must be a real drag. Especially on the gas tank.
Do what you have to do, but keep on making your beautuful
quilts.
Maybe the price will be an incentive to use from our stash.
I hate Walmart but I guess I"ll have to buy from them. There
fabric is quit nice.
Oh to have Woolworth and Newberry Stores back.!!
And for you gals that have to drive 30 plus miles to goto the
store, it must be a real drag. Especially on the gas tank.
Do what you have to do, but keep on making your beautuful
quilts.
#73
Super Member
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Hattiesburg,MS 39402
Posts: 1,458
I was in out local WalMart Saturday and was told that they are putting up the cutting tables, yea, I hope the fabric is reasonable and good.
I shop at Hancocks due to the 40% coupons and they honor Joann's coupons. We have a Joann's 90 miles away.
Our local quilt shop has nice fabric but too expensive
I shop at Hancocks due to the 40% coupons and they honor Joann's coupons. We have a Joann's 90 miles away.
Our local quilt shop has nice fabric but too expensive
#74
Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: North Central Texas
Posts: 378
Originally Posted by JulieR
If they don't raise the price on what they have in stock, they won't be able to afford to replace it when it's gone.
Fabric is getting pricey but there are deals still to be had all over the place if you look. I pay top dollar for special purchases and find ways to cut costs on the rest.
Fabric is getting pricey but there are deals still to be had all over the place if you look. I pay top dollar for special purchases and find ways to cut costs on the rest.
This is a frustrating situation for the consumer, no doubt, but as JulieR said, look for the specials and deals out there...there are plenty to be had. And try to understand what the business owner is having to do, usually with trembling and fear of losing customers (something she can't afford to do), when she is forced, by the costs of doing business, to raise prices on current inventory. Most business owners hate to do this, but see no other way to continue to purchase new lines of merchandise, and still pay the overhead costs of staying in business. Raising the cost of current inventory is, usually, NOT something a business owner does just to "gouge" the public, "get rich", cheat the consumers, or make sure their own personal salary (IF they can even afford to take an "owner's draw) gets a "cost of living" increase.....most of them HATE to do this......but see no other way.......
Refusing to shop at a store that has done this (and truly I am thinking of and referring to the LQS, not big chain stores), just hurts you, hurts that business, and hurts the local economy.....for our small business owners ARE the backbone of this country, and one of the key ingredients in the standard of living we have all enjoyed for most of our lives.
#75
I agree, the prices have gone almost out of reach unless it's a real necessity. But, the price of everythin has gone up. I think a lot of us will be returning to the roots of dquilting and using what is available-old clothing and such. Personally, I'm fine with that.
#76
Super Member
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Lansing, MI
Posts: 1,038
I've been noticing that around SE MI shops too. Even Joann's fabric has gone up a little.
That's why I've been buying a lot of my fabric at fabric.com. still good quality at a fair price.
I do have a LQS that offers 25% off for cuts at least 1/2 yard so shop there on a regular basis. She had to stop accepting credit cards though because their fees had gotten so ridiculous. That's the only way she could maintain the discount. She has a small shop behind her house but lots of nice fabrics so paying cash is ok with me.
Also, a good time to use up that stash.
That's why I've been buying a lot of my fabric at fabric.com. still good quality at a fair price.
I do have a LQS that offers 25% off for cuts at least 1/2 yard so shop there on a regular basis. She had to stop accepting credit cards though because their fees had gotten so ridiculous. That's the only way she could maintain the discount. She has a small shop behind her house but lots of nice fabrics so paying cash is ok with me.
Also, a good time to use up that stash.
#77
I live on a tiny island in the middle of the Caribbean ocean. I am sure this makes you jealous but when it comes to fabric we have only the internet to order from and hope that colors match or go together, wait up to a month or more to receive it and then pay huge shipping costs. I agree that fabric is expensive but there is nothing like the feel and smell of new fabric which will become a forever keepsake!
#78
Member
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Lakeveiw OH
Posts: 90
I agree with all of you. I talked to a store owner not too long ago and she was telling me that she must pay for her inventory up front! She can't order it and then pay like she use to years ago. She was complaining about the prices and she didn't know how much longer she would be able to keep her store. She has had her store for almost 25 years and the changes she has seen is unbeliveable! Theis economy is sure rotten!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
#79
Member
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 31
So far our local W. Mart and Ben Franklin stores are pretty reasonable. They have gone up some but not the prices I am reading about on this site. The quilting I do is with my Church group of Prayers and Squares. We make and dedicate lap quilts for seriously ill and disabled people. We work on donations only. So far our head is above water so to speak but if prices go up like has been quoted we won't be able to buy fabric.
I find that Ben Franklin has pretty good quilting fabric and W. Mart fabric is fairly decent.
Doris1334
I find that Ben Franklin has pretty good quilting fabric and W. Mart fabric is fairly decent.
Doris1334
#80
Originally Posted by ThreadHead
I went to a local fabric store yesterday to pick up my pattern book. Every three or four yiears I buy their old pattern books when they get the new ones in. I was so upset at the prices of material. I refuse to pay 12.00 a yard. Most of the quilting fabric was 10.00 and UP, ultra suede was .45 cents and INCH. Needless to say, I walked out without buying anything. Just venting.
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