Supporting our Quilting Fabric Suppliers
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Yes, MaryKatherine I definitely feel your pain. I am always looking for sales and specials. And perhaps that is why I will buy 'on spec' when I do find a good deal. My DH has worked in the US for years and I love visiting him occasionally (instead of him coming home every weekend) not only for the better prices but also the larger selection.
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I agree that many times our budget cannot support the LQS due to high prices. And when many use the argument that the quality is better in the LQS, I knew the owner of the LQS in our State that bought bolts of fabric from the local WalMart, marked it up and sold it in her store. It is beautiful fabric.
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I buy fabric by the bolt at Marshall's Dry Goods. It's never over $3.99 a yard per bolt, most times less then that. It is quilt shop quality, I doubt RJR, SouthSea, Red Rooster, Michael Miller, Riley Blake, etc. make two different quality of fabrics. Quilt shop owners get even more a discount. My two friends and I buy four or five bolts each and then split each bolts between us. Usually 15 yard bolts so we each get five yards of different fabric. The $1 a yard sale table is always piled high. I have found great fabric in that pile. Marshall's sells quilt fabric and craft fabric. I buy name brands as I know they are quilt shop quality.
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Admittedly we do have to pay, somehow, for the free medical care, seniors drugs (I really appreciate that one!), Welfare. Any refugees coming in, as in today's situations, ( not sponsored) are generally given medical treatment, housed and fed for a period of time. There is a movement to include basic dental soon. In some areas, the elementary schools at least in Ontario there are vehicles for free eye exams and glasses and dental screening for those identified as unable to pay. ( Some of that is subsidized by community groups like masonic or kinsmen or provincial grants.)
So that's part of the reason for the price differences on most things.
And seeing as we just elected a LIBERAL government, we wouldn't have it any other way.
But it still hurts to pay that much markup for fabric.
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