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Thread: Enlightening Fabric Shopping Trip... and Disappointing

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  1. 03-12-2012, 04:49 PM #1
    Divokittysmom
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    Enlightening Fabric Shopping Trip... and Disappointing

    I know this has been discussed before, but now I have seen it with my own eyes!! I cheerfully set off on a fabric shopping expedition this past weekend. I am working on a quilt from Darcy Ashtons, 'Bunnies & More' book. I am a certified bunny lover!! As I perused the aisles of cotton fabrics I was not only shocked and disappointed by appalled by the QUALITY of the fabrics!! I felt as if I were looking at cheesecloth.... not cotton fabrics!! I kept going from aisle to aisle as I was not finding anything that worked with my 9 floral bunny blocks. I kept searching through bolt after bolt and found the quality of nearly every bolt to be totally unsatisfactory... I mean come on now, if you can count the threads per square inch without squinting..... that's a pretty good sign the fabric (to me anyway) is substandard!! Honestly, I didn't even bother looking at the price of the fabric per yard even though it was on sale I had no plans to buy a single inch let along a yard or two.
    I moved on to fabric store #2 hoping not only to find a color that worked but BETTER QUALITY fabric!! I most likely do not have to tell you that I didn't find the quality any better than the first fabric store. Again, I was totally blown away by my 'enlightening' fabric shopping spree! I know it's been written here several times but I am totally shocked at the quality of our fabrics right now.
    This was not a LQS by the way.. and I really don't want to discuss where I was shopping but I am sure one could most likely figure it out anyway. I don't want to put any fabric shop down at all as I feel it's most likely the manufacturers that are sending this .... junk to the stores!! I seriously don't blame the fabric stores! JMHO
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  2. 03-12-2012, 04:58 PM #2
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    I have found quality fabrics at my lqs - prices have gone up but then so has everything. I really hit them when they are having a sale
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    We happened to be in Walmart's the other day & I just browsed the fabrics. The woman was stocking the shelves with new fabric that had just come in. I believe the price was under $4.00 a yard & when I commented on it, she said it was coming from Pakistan.
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  4. 03-13-2012, 04:12 AM #4
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    Quote Originally Posted by SueJ View Post
    We happened to be in Walmart's the other day & I just browsed the fabrics. The woman was stocking the shelves with new fabric that had just come in. I believe the price was under $4.00 a yard & when I commented on it, she said it was coming from Pakistan.
    I also saw that in Walmart but still decided I could use it for some things.
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  5. 03-14-2012, 07:15 AM #5
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    Quote Originally Posted by SueJ View Post
    We happened to be in Walmart's the other day & I just browsed the fabrics. The woman was stocking the shelves with new fabric that had just come in. I believe the price was under $4.00 a yard & when I commented on it, she said it was coming from Pakistan.
    I was in Wall-Mart last week..I could not believe the price of some of their fabrics. $8.97 and $9.97 a yard. When I expressed my shock to the lady working in that department, she told me "Wait, you have not seen anything yet". She says each shipment that comes in is getting higher because of the cost of fuel for transportation. I am sure this accounts for a lot of the reason but, I am not convinced it is the whole reason. They have a lot of fabric under five dollars a yard but alot is now well over five dollars a yard....
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    I did a shop hop friday and WOW- sticker shock.. the prices have risen A LOT... Needless to say I came home with 1/8 of what i normally would of had.. I couldn't force myself to spend that much money..

    I too was shocked to see the fabric quality diminished and the prices rose..
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  7. 03-14-2012, 09:35 AM #7
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    You are lucky that the stores in the lower 48 don't get charged the shipping that we do in Alaska. Along with the increased prices our stores are having to pay astronomical shipping costs. The more the fuel costs go up the more the shipping goes up, sometimes to a dollar a yard extra. We are lucky that our quilt stores try to keep the costs to the consumer down. On trips to the lower 48 states I have been shocked that the prices are the same there as here when the shipping is no where near the same as it is for Alaska.

    I have been a clearance and sale shopper of fabric for a long time. I tell my husband I'm collecting for retirement. Now I'm glad I did, as my stash has enough to keep me going for many years to come and retirement is looming.
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  8. 03-15-2012, 12:55 PM #8
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    I was @ Joann's yesterday and I bought a packaged Warm and Natural queen size batt, regular price was $44.95!!! I'm glad it was on sale @ 40% off and I was able to use my 15% employee(Viking gallery) discount. I am just totally shocked at how much the price of anything cotton has gone up.
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    This is so sad!!!!
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  10. 03-12-2012, 05:45 PM #10
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    One of our LQS in town is closing, as owner is retiring. She has all fabrics listed for $5.00 yr for anything. She carries a VERY large selection of quality fabric. I've been there 3 times in last week & have purchased at least 25 different fabrics with minimum of 4 yds each. I am so excited to get them washed, but I have them spread out on my dining table & am just basking in their beauty.
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