I recently wanted to buy some fabrics from Robert Kaufman's, and local stores don't carry much variety, so I went to the web site, and found I would have to open an account, and a minimum order was $2000....that's definitely not in my budget! As with others, I watch for sales and coupons...but rarely will buy much over $5.00 a yard. Since crazy quilters don't need full yards of any one fabric, I will buy a quarter of a yard at a time...then it's not so high!
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