I am appaled!........or am I just cheap?
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Originally Posted by granny18
Dyxie, I live in Pleasanton, about 35 miles south of San Antonio, right off I-37. I have a small quilt shop and I am closing it at the end of July. Local people would rather make the trip to S.A. than give the business to the local merchants.
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Originally Posted by MarilynI
Hi Judi I am from Australia and we have to pay AUs$25-$29 per mitre here. It is no wonder we think your fabrics are so cheap when we purchase on line. I use a lot of recycle materials. It is the batting that is very expensive here.
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Originally Posted by peabee
QKO-thank you for so much inside info. would you give us some examples of family owned online businesses? you named some of the big box shops, who are some of the little guys nationwide? i shop both online and local. would have no problem supporting the online "little guy". now, i DO have to watch my dollars, but i'm old enough to know it's not always about the lowest cost. as you explained, there is a long term price to pay for what LOOKS like the lowest price.
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Kinda started my "stash" when I worked for Hancocks Fabrics way, way back in the 70's, in high school...Yea! I really am THAT old...and PROUD! I earned this grey hair ; - D
OK, my point is coming, I cannot believe the difference of the hand of today's JoAnn's type fabrics (wilts without startching) versus my old stuff. Have found I HAVE to go to the expensive quilt shops which carry Moda, etc. to begin to get what I used to take for granted. Same on tatting thread, yarn (acrylic wastes precious time...item looks terrible in no time). WHERE did our wonderful USA made fiber/fabrics go???? Gorgeous intricately woven patterns, with substance... Have a little from my grandmother's stash...NICE quality. ...I can not afford to buy today's stuff...nor much desire to do so.
OK, my point is coming, I cannot believe the difference of the hand of today's JoAnn's type fabrics (wilts without startching) versus my old stuff. Have found I HAVE to go to the expensive quilt shops which carry Moda, etc. to begin to get what I used to take for granted. Same on tatting thread, yarn (acrylic wastes precious time...item looks terrible in no time). WHERE did our wonderful USA made fiber/fabrics go???? Gorgeous intricately woven patterns, with substance... Have a little from my grandmother's stash...NICE quality. ...I can not afford to buy today's stuff...nor much desire to do so.
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I see the original comment was from someone in the Denver area, and at least one other comment was from the Denver area, so here is some info for those of us in the Denver-metro area. I just went to a quilt store in Lyons (Quilting Hands), on the way to Estes Park, and the owner keeps at least one-quarter of her fabric--good quality fabric--marked at around $5.50 a yard. These are bolts that have not moved quickly, and she is constantly marking down the bolts, also giving great deals on fat quarters which are also continually marked down. The FQ are full priced at $2.25, then become "orphaned" and are 25% off, and then are marked to $1.40 or less. She had about 7 bins of fat quarters that were $1.40 or less. Yea!! I ended up with 6 yards of fabric and more than 25 FQ for $85, inclding tax. The store also has a website: www.quiltinghandsshop.com. If anyone is in the Lyons, Colorado, area, I encourage you to stop by the shop--you will be amazed at what you will find there.
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i don't pay over 2.00 a yard. I go to my quilting lady that makes quilts for people, she sells her extra cottons for 2.00 and i lucked out and found a woman that sells me about once a month will sell me some of her mothers stuff that she had when she passed away, she sells it for 2.00 a yard. I go to garage sale for good sheets at .50 to 1.00 apiece. there are so many things you can do to cut corners. Also, put a little add in the free be pamplets in stores they let you put in free just to have ads, that you are looking for fabric.
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