I sure couldnt afford to shop there!!! I bet you might be able to get quality fabric her on board alot cheaper even at high shipping costs!!

I definitely look at cost and more so then ever. I have been by passing or buying just a smaller key piece of fabric. Once it hits the $9-10 range I most likely leave the fabric or only get a small piece. This means I mostly shop off the sales shelf at the LQS or look online for $6 or lower a yard. I am also buying more tone on tone, solid, Civil War and 1930 because they seem less time sensative fabrics.

Yes, this is probably right... but I'm lucky to buy some of my materials at the wholesalers. We own a little online shop here and buy our material a the wholesaler.

And, to be honest: I try to support our German quilt shops as well... I think you understand this!

:wink: ;)

$8,50 for a really sweet fabric is not unreasonable. I would fortify THAT fabric with others in the $6-$7 range. Plus, I shop sales so some things that are "on their way out" are first quality but $4 a yard.

Batik? It would have to be REALLY stunning to get in the $8-$9 range. Otherwise, $6-$7 for everyday use.

when i buy quilt shop fabric i expect to pay 8-9$. i seldom buy just because but i do try to buy a little extra of what i need. i like to applique and my mom does scrap quilts so she seldom has to shop!i usually shop online because i live a very long way from ANYWHERE so i buy enough to get free shipping

That would make a fabulous throw! I've seen super soft fake fur throws sell for over $100 and some as high as $400 or more. Two yards for $70 is a bargain when compared to what you pay for ready made.

My fabric purchases are all over the place. I just paid in the $9 range for fabrics for a special quilt, but that's a first. I've paid that for apparel, but not for quilting. I can keep it around $4 by using coupons and sales. A limit?? I would hope the $9.49 is a max.

My most expensive purchase - $99.99 a yard for fabric that was not even 40 inches wide. Even at half price, it was $50 a yard. Not for a quilt - the bodice and sleeves of a wedding dress. I laid the pattern out and knew to the inch how much I needed, but with those 1990 puffed sleeves, it was over a yard and half. Luckily, it was small size. Beautiful stuff - hand beaded with iridescent beads. The sewing machine found it interesting, but my Elna will sew anything.

My new abrupt retirement and limited income will change some things - maybe I'll get my stash back to one room.

Yeah, I dream of making a throw from it and snuggling up on the couch, and I'm sure the cat would demand one all for her very own as well. I'll probably grab a couple yards as a birthday gift to myself next year. I can only covet something for so long before I give in to it! :roll: One of the LQS ladies actually used it for the BACK of a quilt! Employee discount no doubt. :lol:

What is the name of the Hoffman cardinal fabric? I searched, but don't think it came up (or perhaps I didn't recognize it).

Hoffman only gives their fabrics numbers, not names... the pattern number is 8821. This is the cream/gold colorway (33G) but it does come on dark green and also black... and they did a tonal gray one too this year.

http://www.favoritefabric.com/cgi/co...on&key=HFCARDJ