Yes gas prices will continue to rise and so will every product delivered to stores. Over the past couple of years, the profits that many companies have posted were due to increased costs they passed along to their suppliers or directly to consumers. When the price of any product goes up in a store, we often don't go to that store as often- But that store still has to pay its employees and keep the lights on.... Just like your LQS who have had to raise the price of fabric, cost of classes or needed to find creative ways to get us in more often. It can be a domino effect. Let's hope folks prepared for hard times. My grandmother always said to be prepared- a dime in your shoe to call home, extra food on the shelves, car filled up, the Good Book by your bed, and plenty of scraps (she only used scraps for quilting) to keep your hands busy. The older I get, the smarter that woman was.