Cotton prices expected to double
#71
Just came from my LQS, the new fabric she is putting out today was $12.75 per yd. She showed me what it cost her and I almost fainted. She isn't making enough money to keep the shop going much longer. I noticed she has sales starting on the 20th of the month and she said that is how she pays her rent and utilities on the first. She figures this may be her last year in business after 17 years. So sad! She says customers give her a hard time about not having all fabrics in a group and she says she can only buy what will sell. She says batting will take a big jump year end.
#72
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Originally Posted by franie
Coffee is going up too. What's next? Chocolate? LOL
why is cotton in short supply---bad harvest?
#75
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Originally Posted by nantucketsue
Originally Posted by bmkaz
As a quilter and a wife to a cotton farmer, all the costs incidental to growing cotton have increased dramatically over the past few years, while the price per pound we have received for our cotton is still very low. I hate paying $9.50 per yard for cotton fabric or $34.95 for a Moda layer cake that says "made in Korea".
#76
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Originally Posted by pinebeltquilter
I would pay 25.00 per yard before I would plant a cotton patch and pick it by hand again. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
#77
Originally Posted by marla
If all fabric is printed and processed in China then we need to change that.
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Originally Posted by nantucketsue
Originally Posted by marla
If all fabric is printed and processed in China then we need to change that.
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