I am going to consider myself pretty lucky as we have some great quilt shops around the 20 min mark from my house. One of them has a bargain room with the fabrics at $4.98/metre, I found fabric to do a backing on a queen size quilt & bought extra to keep in my stash because it was so cheap. When I left the store I went to another quilt shop & the same fabric was there for $16.98/metre. So what a deal I have been getting.