Originally Posted by NikkiLu
Several years ago I had the "thrill" of going to a wholesale fabric warehouse with a friend who was purchasing some fabric for a local quilt shop's block of the month. The cost was 1/2 of what they were selling it for. So, if it cost $2.50 per yard, then the quilt shop sold it for $5.00 per yard. I think that the bolts had about 10 or 15 yards on them that she got.
HTH
That must have been quite a while ago, if there was fabric that that wholesaled at $2.50 / yard. Nowadays, most of the new fabric lines are priced at $4.95 - $5.25 (and up) per yard.
And the Wall Street Journal had an article today stating that cotton is near its all-time high. I would take that to indicate that costs are going to continue to increase for at least another half-year. There is a lot of stockpiling going on, which increases the apparent demand, which drives the price still higher.