In Australia most quilting fabric is $18-$24 per metre; if you are lucky there will be some sale fabrics at $12-$15 per metre. So I have shopped a fair bit on the wonderful web sites recommended by others here. Up to 8 yards of fabric can be posted to Australia for $13-$14 per package so if I buy fabric on special for $5-$8 I am still way ahead. It helps that the Aussie dollar has reached parity as well -- last year it was only worth about 65cents!