I definitely look at cost and more so then ever. I have been by passing or buying just a smaller key piece of fabric. Once it hits the $9-10 range I most likely leave the fabric or only get a small piece. This means I mostly shop off the sales shelf at the LQS or look online for $6 or lower a yard. I am also buying more tone on tone, solid, Civil War and 1930 because they seem less time sensative fabrics.