Originally Posted by
sval
Wow. Is that what everyone pays?
I had occasion to go to the closest LQS yesterday. I was pretty excited to actually shop in a real store and feel the fabric.
But I was quickly knocked down to size. Everything was priced about $13 a yard. That's a lot of money for a bed size quilt. I was interested in making myself a queen sized Dresden Plate quilt. Total of 30 yards front and back. That's $390.
How do you all justify spending that much? Especially for donation quilts.
Also, this particular store must be trending towards mod quilts. The majority of the store was batiks and brights. What about the reproduction crowd. or just some tasteful small prints?
SVAL
First of all, this is one time that you get what you pay for. Quilt shop fabric is pricier than JoAnn's, Wal-mart etc. BUT the quality is far better. If you are are going to go through the effort, not to mention the amount of time, it takes to make a beautiful quilt, why purchase cheap material? That being said, why on earth would you need 30 YARDS of fabric for a Dresden Plate quilt? Yikes!!!!