The on-line fabric store I buy from can get 8 yards in a flat rate envelope. I have noticed what they do is fold the fabrics together, not folded seperately. In other words that will lay a one yard cut on top of other one yard cuts and then fold neatly together. Sure does seem to cut down on the bulk. First time I purchased from them I thought they had shorted me on some of my material until I discovered they were folded together. It worked!