Originally Posted by
bakermom
sounds strange to me. I have had shops "special order" patterns for me. They only charge for the item, never the shipping.
I agree. I have had numerous shops order patterns and books and material for me and I have never been charged a shipping fee. I would talk to them about it and if that's their normal policy I wouldn't buy any more books from them. Besides as someone else said you can usually get them way cheaper on the internet.