I was the one who informed the board about the substantial increase in price on cotton fabric---my friend went to Paducah last week and talked to the owner of Hancocks of Paducah.
I also have talked with several lqs and they told me the same thing, but they do not know the reason why either.
I feel sorry for all of us on this board who are on limited budgets, but I also feel sorry for the lqs. But as someone said, it is not Washington. I know a friend who works for a wholesale company and she said that their prices were going up to, because of the factories in China---they are wanting to make more of a profit than they have been. Yes, I too would like to see our factories move back home to the USA, but it would just raise prices too---mainly because they are expected to pay way more for labor than China does. It is a no win situation. Let's face it, the whole economy is like this. Food, gas, etc. Honestly, I am not sure what is going to make it turn around.