Fabric Prices
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#64
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Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: So Plymouth, NY
Posts: 2,502
I try to keep it under $8.00 a yard. Luckily, my stash is extensive. My BFF and I shopped at a favorite LQS just about every 2 months that was always having a sale. She said we were buying for our retirement. Here I am retired, and glad I have what I have because the closest LQS is now selling at $13.00 an hour. I won't pay those prices, with the exception if I was looking for a special small amount of fabric I needed for a special gift. Just this year I've become best friends with Connecting Threads. I saw their earlier fabric from years past and the current selection has hugely improved in quality, color, design and selection. Have also enjoyed buying charm packs. Love putting together a lap quilt with them. It satisfies my need for a large selection of new prints without breaking the bank or rupturing my overburdened stash boxes.
#67
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Minnesota
Posts: 862
I have bought very little fabric this year because I was on a buying binge last spring getting oriental fabrics. For the little quilt shop fabric I bought this year, I'd say average was $8-$9 a yard. I don't buy batiqs.
The prices aren't bothering me since I'm focused on finishing projects already started or using fabric I already have. If I need to buy fabric, it is just a purchase for background or finishing.
The prices aren't bothering me since I'm focused on finishing projects already started or using fabric I already have. If I need to buy fabric, it is just a purchase for background or finishing.
#68
Super Member
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 2,005
I have been really lucky on EBay. Got some beautiful Kansas Troubles Fat Quarters for 1.00 each! The shipping was only 5.95 as she put all 24 in a Flat rate envelope. I stop in Lancaster when I go by, but their stuff is getting high now too. Connecting Threads and Hobby Lobby are two of my favorites.
#69
Super Member
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Dupont, WA
Posts: 1,063
Fabric is 28 euro a metre here in Germany. I went to Karstadt in Wiesbaden yesterday and brought some for 4 euro-deep discount. I usually pay about 6-8 dollars a yard. I ordered from Favorite Fabrics last month and will probably continue to do so because the prices are pretty fair.
#70
To sell at your theoretical maximum of $6/yd, most shops would be losing several dollars/yd when factoring in selling expenses.
If you're buying LQS-quality fabric at $6/yd, the shop is losing money on that sale, and is just trying to re-capture some cash to survive the month.
It's not greed.
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