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Went to one of our LQS the other day and was blown away by the cost of "organic" quilting cotton. $16+ per yard!
Can't imagine anyone paying that, I'm having trouble with $10+/yd. Besides what's more organic than cotton? Wondering if there is anyone out there who would actually buy this..................
Not me - I don't even get organic with my food!
That's about the regular price of the new fabric coming in around here and not the "organic" stuff. No, I wouldn't buy it!
I wouldn't buy it either! Unfortunately I have heard that due to the severe drought conditions in parts of the US, cotton prices will be rising. Looks like I will finally have to dip into my stash. If the prices get much higher I will need to find another hobby,.but of course then I will need to pay for a shrink for my sanity!!
Drought conditions in the US have pretty much nothing to do with the price of quilting cottons, nor does the price of raw cotton for that matter. The price of raw cotton, in fact is dropping like a rock...and has been since it's peak in March 2011. It's down 45% for the last year (7/11-6/12), down 19% for the last six months (1/12-6/12), and down another 20% in July. Today's price per pound is less than the July 2007 price.Originally Posted by Pat625
http://www.indexmundi.com/commoditie...tton&months=60
Quilting cotton prices are affected by the value of the US dollar; the growing conditions in China, Pakistan and India; the duties placed on imports; the reduced number of print mills; all kinds of worldwide factors. Quilting fabric is neither milled nor printed in the US any longer. You have to look at the much bigger picture.
This article dates back to the high point last year, but the scope of the market remains the same.
http://www.americanquiltretailer.com..._Customers.pdf
Please note, I am not 'dismissing' any US drought conditions as unimportant, for clearly their impact on many millions of citizens is and will continue to be enormous in ways we don't even grasp yet. I just don't see how the price of a yard of Moda Marbles has anything at all to do with it.
Last edited by ghostrider; 08-02-2012 at 07:07 AM.
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Well said!
Organic Cotton, I dont think I have ever seen it in any of the LQS in my neck of the woods.
Um...organic isn't about it being cotton or not, it's that the cotton was grown with no pesticides and the fabric hasn't been treated with chemicals. I wouldn't be able to pay that either and since I prewash, I can live with 'normal' fabric. However, I do see the draw if you're making quilts for babies or people with low immune systems or you just worry about this issue. I know many people make their own cloth diapers and are using organic hemp fabric for that. So, there will be and is a market for organic cloth.
I realize it's all about the processing and everything, but I think people are going overboard with all this, unless they and theirs live in a bubble, they will run into undesirable things. Just seemed crazy to me to spend that much for fabric which will probably be washed in non organic detergent sooner or later!
I agree with you. And to digress (but in a related note -- kind of)... I think one reason kids nowadays have so much asthma & food allergies & the like is stuff like this (plus the hand sanitizer craze). If you're never exposed to germs, you never develop immunity to them. Yes, I know you can go overboard, but sheesh! Some of my DD's friends' babies might as well live in hamster balls!
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