Hi and welcome to QB and to the world of quilting!
I love Connecting Threads! I also order from fabric4less.com...most of the fabrics you must buy the whole bolt (usually 15 yards) prices are mostly $3.25 a yard...but they also have an area where you can buy "flat folds"...this is usually several coordinating fabrics, 1-6 yards of each, $2.50 a yard last month when I ordered some. Whatever you don't end up using/wanting you can sell. They also have batiks ($3.98-$4.35 a yard) and wide backing fabrics ($5.75 a yard). You do have to create an account (free) to see the prices, etc. but this was as easy as signing up on any site. Here is a link to the site:
http://fabric4less.com/
Regards,
K