I also find it hard to pay so much for fabric but I'm using that as a challenge to use what I have in my stash and I also find some good quality cotton in dresses, etc at thrift stores. The hunt is fun. I know cotton prices have gone up but not that much. I've lived all my life on a farm and when prices go up for farmers, everyone gets on that profit wagon but when the prices go down and expenses stay high - farmers are alone on the wagon. Not right but what do you do.
I love scrappy so using what I have works for me.