Recession + gasoline = less fabric!
05-20-2011, 10:34 AM
#71
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Originally Posted by Up North
We are soon going to be just like those who went through the recession before, using old cloths and scraps, to bad we no longer have feed bags to purchase or we would also do that. Lets hope we do not have to go through rashining and get those little stamps to purchase things.
05-20-2011, 11:59 AM
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Originally Posted by caliquocat
Originally Posted by Up North
We are soon going to be just like those who went through the recession before, using old cloths and scraps, to bad we no longer have feed bags to purchase or we would also do that. Lets hope we do not have to go through rashining and get those little stamps to purchase things.
Actually the same kind of depression is happening now....prices of everything went up, so that people did not have enough money to buy everything they needed or wanted to buy.
05-21-2011, 01:38 AM
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Originally Posted by rona thickpenny
try looking up UK prices for fabric and gas and you will think you are in heavan. I am soo envious when I read about your yard sales, thrift shops etc. moan moan moan, sorry.
05-21-2011, 02:09 AM
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Originally Posted by Mattee
Maybe instead of focusing on how bad everything is and how expensive it is to add to our stashes, we should focus on being grateful for having been prosperous enough to have stashes!
05-21-2011, 02:34 AM
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Originally Posted by pjemark
This just reeks! My favorite all time favorite LQS is having a terriffic sale on friday. They open their doors at 7 a.m. and they are having fat quarters for a dollar and under. There are scrap bags and tons and tons of deals to be had. Woe is me! The shop is 45 miles away and I drive a cargo van (im a painter/paperhanger) that gets 14 miles per gallon and gas is almost 4.50 here. It just doesn't make sense to go all the way there and buy more fabric because I have a good size stash and I've got a husband who has been laid off for 13 months and just got another job and yadayadayada. You know- two years ago- I wouldn't have even thought about it. I wouldn't have even bothered to think about the gas vs. the savings- but things have changed- I'll just have to be content with the fabric i have. *sniff *sniff :?
05-21-2011, 02:38 AM
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I have a full time job, even working some overtime and I'm in the auto industry. Still - have to watch every penny. Slowly paying off the bills I had before all this started. Just can't pay them off as quickly. That being said - I don't have much of a stash but haven't went to my favorite quilting store for about 3 months. There is a quilt show in Shipshewana, Indiana that my BIL and I are planning on going to. Still hope we'll be able to swing it. I do love looking at my stash.
05-21-2011, 05:28 AM
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Gas didn't drop here in NY but then it never will not with those in the top ranks. They like taking your money. What about meeting up with other quilters to go in one vehicle and save on some of that gas. I really don't get the big shots that rule this nation that they can take raises and keep cutting the little guy. Do they want us all on welfare?
Just blowing off steam seeing that so many have the same problem.
Have a great day.
Just blowing off steam seeing that so many have the same problem.
Have a great day.
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