Cotton prices are going up... but there was a huge cost of raw cotton increase a few years ago. After the historic rise in raw cotton prices ... raw cotton declined not quite back to its previous prices but very close. It is tough to say of cotton will again reach the historic rise it did a few years ago.
It does take time for raw prices to convert into finished goods increases. Seeing how we quilters never saw the effects when the market for cotton dropped ( after the historic high) I am doubting this will impact us in the immediate future.
Additionally manufactures commit to the mills and contract to the for raw/base/griege goods typically a year in advance or more.
Manufactures have been adjusting their quanitities produced based on a declining demand from the higher prices.
Last edited by Lori S; 04-11-2014 at 12:27 PM.