I don't think quilting will ever die. It touches our souls to make them, and/or receive them. But it is getting more expensive all the time. China makes the bulk of the fabric we use. (We lost quite a few containers of fabric to Katrina, when the containers were swept off the docks.) But it does takes my breath away to see the prices of fabrics in the quilt stores...$10, $12 a yard...and how many yards go into a quilt? Yikes! I'm making more scrap quilts, and really, I'm enjoying it more!