Fabric prices
03-07-2014, 10:27 AM
#21
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Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: North Texas formerly The Burgh
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I think that we can still find deals out there...like JoAnn's coupons - sales - Walmart - thrift stores - I buy my more expensive items - backing, batting when i have a 40 or 50% off coupon. We are all trying to be thrifty....but then again - i don't smoke any more - don't really drink but the occasional beer - don't eat out much - do my own yard work and house work and cooking - shop my stash more often than not -- so, my vice is to budget in the occasional fabric purchases/splurges. You only live once !!!!
03-07-2014, 11:52 AM
#23
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Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Western Southern Tier, NYS
Posts: 145
Let's just say....I am VERY glad I have a HUGE stash...I could sew for the next five to ten years.and not buy an inch of fabric.....no exaggeration. When I am ready to buy or need to it is for small projects these days. When I buy, for me, I choose to buy at LQS, not online. LQS are working hard to keep there prices between $9-11 a yard in my area. So I really try hard to buy from them.
P.s. Also kinda old fashion...I like to feel my fabric before I purchase
P.s. Also kinda old fashion...I like to feel my fabric before I purchase
03-07-2014, 01:41 PM
#25
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Jozefow, Poland
Posts: 4,474
prices range from $10-$20 a meter.
these threads are really starting to chafe. i wish people could understand the slavery economy behind fabric production, and the reality of what it would cost should the true costs of fabric be charged back to the consumer. the environmental impact of industrial cotton production is truly, truly horrifying.
we pay a small fraction of what fabric really costs, both to the humans who make it and to the planet that we take it from.
aileen
these threads are really starting to chafe. i wish people could understand the slavery economy behind fabric production, and the reality of what it would cost should the true costs of fabric be charged back to the consumer. the environmental impact of industrial cotton production is truly, truly horrifying.
we pay a small fraction of what fabric really costs, both to the humans who make it and to the planet that we take it from.
aileen
03-07-2014, 01:44 PM
#26
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Jozefow, Poland
Posts: 4,474
I think that we can still find deals out there...like JoAnn's coupons - sales - Walmart - thrift stores - I buy my more expensive items - backing, batting when i have a 40 or 50% off coupon. We are all trying to be thrifty....but then again - i don't smoke any more - don't really drink but the occasional beer - don't eat out much - do my own yard work and house work and cooking - shop my stash more often than not -- so, my vice is to budget in the occasional fabric purchases/splurges. You only live once !!!!
03-07-2014, 01:47 PM
#27
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Jozefow, Poland
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In Poland one store has a few cottons for about $7/meter for the cheaper fabrics. There are some higher quality cottons that people use for making the folk costumes out of it. They are $15/meter--but they are gorgeous! They come in about 4 colors--black with pink flowers, blue with pink flowers, off white with pink flowers and green with pink flowers.
I've seen on line the more expensive imported fabrics from big names for probably about $5 for a fat quarter.
I've seen on line the more expensive imported fabrics from big names for probably about $5 for a fat quarter.
03-07-2014, 02:01 PM
#28
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Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Germany
Posts: 422
Over here in Germany you'll get of real high qualitiy "patchwork fabric" no meter ( about 1.1 yards) under 15€ which is about 20$!!!!
Often you find today prices even higher: 18€ -- 25 $ or 19.90€ --- 27.60$!!!
And I was really shocked when I saw last week fabrics with this price: 25€ ---- 34.60$ per meter!!!!!
Often you find today prices even higher: 18€ -- 25 $ or 19.90€ --- 27.60$!!!
And I was really shocked when I saw last week fabrics with this price: 25€ ---- 34.60$ per meter!!!!!
03-07-2014, 02:18 PM
#29
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Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Posts: 946
I mostly buy online at Connecting Threads, Fabric.com or Thousands of bolts. If I can find a good sale for material about $7.00 or under I sometimes buy what I want. Getting really hard to have enough $$$ to make a quilt...has to be a labor of love now.
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