The big jump in cotton prices is because of huge crop failures. These things have happened before.. I know this is sort of a weird example, but years ago the computer chip market had a huge catastrophy.. a fire or flood or some such thing.. Those little buggers went through the roof.. but the industry recovered and the prices came down again.. This is a bump in the road, and while they may not come down to what we'd like, a new cotton crop is coming. Those prices will come down again. To say nothing of supply and demand... When the prices go too high, the people will quit buying, that will make the prices come back down.. Just wait.... The world loves cotton.. and the cotton growers love to sell their cotton, we won't have to give up quilting.