Originally Posted by Favorite Fabrics
With all the many discussions that have been on the forum in the past year about prices, may I ask if you have an upper price threshold for buying fabrics, that you will not cross?
And - because we all have different budgetary considerations - I would be delighted if everyone would feel free to answer without worrying about whether someone else thinks that their number is too high or too low.
That said, do you have a price limit? Or three - for regular cotton, batiks, and backings?
Non-US quilters, feel free to answer, too. We all know your numbers will be different than ours.
For me it depends on where I'm shopping what my limit is price wise. If I'm in a LQS my limit is probably somewhere between $12 and $15 a yard. At that price I'll just buy less than I would have if the price was between $8 and $9 a yard. If I'm in Jo-Ann's or Hobby Lobby my price limit is going to be about $5 a yard. I absolutely will not pay as much for fabric in Jo-Ann's or Hobby Lobby as what I would pay in a LQS. If I'm paying that much for fabric I'll go look thru my LQS.
So far every LQS I've been in has a sale rack. I have purchased fabric as low as $1 a yard at a LQS. I very rarely buy fabric in Jo-Ann's or Hobby Lobby anymore because I'd rather support my local business women.