i have made a few quilts lap and babt size for under $10 i got the fabric eather given to me or got it cheap at a yard sale i think my cheapest quilt was a realy prety one i made for my grandfather when he was in the hospital i think it cost about $4 i was given batting scraps and peiced them together the main fabric that i also used for the backing was $1 a yard at a yard sale and i was given a sewing machine cabinit that had a drawer full of thread so it was a very inexpensive quilt and he absolutly loved it you couldent tell i spent so little on it.