Absolutely NOT! I'd just as soon wait until it goes on sale for $3.50-4.95/yd. Since I prefer mostly scrappy quilts, having the "latest" fabric means little to me. One time I bought a yard of a Halloween fabric I had been looking for, which was $7.95, and even that was really irksome. <G> We're not stingy... we're what the Scots call "mingy" - somewhere between frugal and stingy. <G> That's my story, and I'm stickin' to it. :)