Excellent topic. I have purchased fabric and labels on Etsy. I didn't find them more costly. The labels are very hard to find so if I paid a little extra, it's okay. I am like many here thinking of opening my Etsy shop, the amount of work to do it discourages me. I have also looked at BigCartel where you can list 5 items free and then it's a monthly fee. Artfire runs a similar program. I would be selling my quilted gift items.