Truly, I cannot afford $15 a yard and up. I am on a fixed income, unless I'm unable to work and the income goes down. It's never going to go up. I shop a lot at WalMart. They do have a lot of good quilting cotton, and their prices are generally less than $6-$7 a yard, depending on what you buy. I am careful in my choices, because I don't want to put all that work into a quilt or any other item using fabric that will fall apart. Of course, my projects number smaller because I still work (or try to work) full-time, so I have less time to quilt or any kind of craft projects. I am slow at making quilts -- I do quilts only for family, so I know I could never make a living out of doing quilts for others for pay. I'm not complaining, because I know there are so many who are worse off financially. The fabric prices are getting out of reach and out of all reason. The only thing I know to do is shop wisely and be frugal! That's how our ancestors survived, and that's how we will survive, too! Keep on quilting, wisely!
Jeanette