Originally Posted by
Onebyone
I am able to go to a fabric distributor warehouse and I see what a bolt of name brand quilt shop quality is priced for to the shop owner I don't mine seeing the same fabric at the local shop marked up twice the price, that's fair but to see it marked up almost triple the price I won't buy it even though I can. Batiks are always higher in price then regular cotton fabric and good batiks are worth a higher price.
Except for new quilters most of us have quite a stash. I think if shop owners would decide to be happy with just double their cost to the public they would be surprised to find out that many more people will purchase their goods and their profit will gp