oh lord i wish i could say i stayed on budget (lol) when i go quilt shopping. last year on our shop hop for the row by row in 5 hours i spent $1000. that is the right amount of 0 believe me. to top it off as a snowbird living in arizona for the winter last year in the 5 months i was there i spent $5000 in fabric and tools. that doesn't take in the classes i took (5). i had to do some creative bookwork at the border when it came to claiming our $1600 limit.