Originally Posted by BellaBoo
I won't pay over $6 a yard for any fabric. I can find quilt shop quality on clearance at one of the hundreds online fabric shops any time. I buy from LQS only when it's marked 50% off. One quilt shop owner told me she made more selling fabric at 50% off then she did at regular price. Then why sell it at regular price? I don't understand business.
At the 50% off the LQS is probably not even breaking even on costs--- you figure the mark-up covers their cost of fabric plus S&H; their labor and the building rent/upkeep, etc. If you want your LQS to stay in business, I suggest you try to purchase things as close to their original price as possible. When the LQS is out of business don't count on Wal-Mart etc to carry the same quality or quanity or by the yard that you enjoy at the LQS!