Originally Posted by kwiltnutt
Did you know there are thousands of Canadian quilters to whom $12 a meter is a bargain? Most LQS are at $18 or more! Count yourselves lucky and stop grumbling! If we shop online, we have duty, postage and exchange costs as well; we still quilt prolifically.
Don't Canadians have most of their healthcare paid for though? When you have to pay $600 a month for health insurance and only make $40,000 a year for a family of five, $10 a yard starts to sound pretty expensive! No matter where you live, when cotton prices go up, you pay. Sometimes it's just in a roundabout way. ;)