Originally Posted by
ILoveToQuilt
I, too, have noticed the price of fabric has risen. I'm paying $3.50 for fat quarters at the LQS which works out to $14 per yard! Yikes! I've noticed some people prefer online buying, but I wonder if with shipping if the cheaper prices really are that much cheaper. Some of you also have to pay sales tax on your purchases. Ouch! (Glad I live in NH - no tax except on meals and lodging.) JAF and Hobby Lobby will have more of my business now and occasionally Walmart, too.
Anita
If you buy from someplace with free shipping, it is absolutely cheaper - like fabric.com. Spend $35, get free shipping. I just ordered 6.5 yds of fabric and with tax it came out to little under $60. Of course, some of it was on sale, but even the stuff that wasn't on sale was only $9.20 a yard.
I quilt because it makes me happy, and I deal with the higher fabric prices because I can afford it - I am VERY fortunate to have a very good, well paying job. I know that I'm in the minority there. I find $14/yd fabric to be a little high, but I am more concerned about how quickly the prices have doubled - from $7/yd when I started quilting 10 years ago to $13-14/yd now is just crazy. I don't see those prices everywhere, but it's not easy to find "current" fabrics for less than $12/yd in my area at this point.