Moda prices going up
#102
Originally Posted by bakermom
There is also the problem of cross contamination with your reusable bags if you don't wash them between uses.
I have loads of totes/shoppers and there are so many freebie patterns on the WWW.
#103
I feel that quilters will just think more before they buy fabric, really work out what they want to make and lets face it, we are all prone to adding to the stash without thinking. Good quality will always win, and quilting has been going for a long time and has survived wars worldwide so it will survive this too. Shops will probably have to rely on more teaching to add to their income. In my country quilt fabric is very high priced compared to yours and we all still quilt. I guess we just have to be careful more with what and how much we buy.
#104
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your bag is cute! I use ones i made, too. I have a number of ones that i bought at my local stores. They are not quite as happy when they get washed.
My pressies this Christmas to my friends, my family has them already, were Eco-shoppers, similar to this: no problem with cross contamination as they are washable :-P
I have loads of totes/shoppers and there are so many freebie patterns on the WWW.
Originally Posted by QultingaddictUK
Originally Posted by bakermom
There is also the problem of cross contamination with your reusable bags if you don't wash them between uses.
I have loads of totes/shoppers and there are so many freebie patterns on the WWW.
#105
How about putting this in a little perspective?
USA - Average price increases in various items, 1990 - 2010:
45" Flannel Solids - 32%
45 " Premium Cloth - 33%
Coats/Clark thread - 69%
Bread - 284%
Ground Beef - 270%
Gasoline - 200%
Taxes - Let's not even go there...
USA - Average price increases in various items, 1990 - 2010:
45" Flannel Solids - 32%
45 " Premium Cloth - 33%
Coats/Clark thread - 69%
Bread - 284%
Ground Beef - 270%
Gasoline - 200%
Taxes - Let's not even go there...
#106
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Posts: 601
That's great! Thanks!
Originally Posted by QKO
How about putting this in a little perspective?
USA - Average price increases in various items, 1990 - 2010:
45" Flannel Solids - 32%
45 " Premium Cloth - 33%
Coats/Clark thread - 69%
Bread - 284%
Ground Beef - 270%
Gasoline - 200%
Taxes - Let's not even go there...
USA - Average price increases in various items, 1990 - 2010:
45" Flannel Solids - 32%
45 " Premium Cloth - 33%
Coats/Clark thread - 69%
Bread - 284%
Ground Beef - 270%
Gasoline - 200%
Taxes - Let's not even go there...
#107
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: New York
Posts: 463
So what else is new. I'm so happy I have a large stash and only have to buy the odd piece here and there. DH used to wonder why I bought so much fabric...oh, for a project. But I never said what or when!
Originally Posted by charmpacksplus
Consider yourself warned.... Moda tried to hold their prices but just couldn't do it any longer. Retailers will be paying more on the next batch of new fabrics. Batiks are going up A LOT!
#108
My Dad said that during the Depression prices went down so that people could afford them. You wonder what the manufacturers of cotton have as an end goal.....to end all quilting? That's what they are going to get if this continues. We will all be cutting apart our clothing to sew. Back to Goodwill for me!!
#109
Originally Posted by Nolee
My Dad said that during the Depression prices went down so that people could afford them. You wonder what the manufacturers of cotton have as an end goal.....to end all quilting? That's what they are going to get if this continues. We will all be cutting apart our clothing to sew. Back to Goodwill for me!!
Cotton is in high demand now, and the supply is low, therefore prices will continue to rise. See Economics 101.
Manufacturers don't have an agenda, other than to make a profit in order to stay in business. When that becomes impossible, they'll go out of business and more people will become unemployed.
It really is as simple as that.
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