I'm in Canada and quilting fabric is usually $15-$17 a metre at most quilt shops. Our LQS has a bathtub full of clear outs at $7-$9 a metre. Some of the smaller Mennonite shops that are in houses or small out of the way places are in the $6-$12 a yard range but they too have gone up. Len's Mills used to have a tent sale or two in the summer but the prices are much higher now $5-$8 a metre. Any of the Walmarts in driving distance no longer carry fabric and the quality of fabric sold at Fabricland (similar to Joanne's) is thinner while the price is now in the $12-$15 range unless there is a sale on.