$59 a yard sounds more like the prices I've seen on upholstery and home dec fabric!
I mostly use fabric from my stash, when I do buy I tend to buy from sales at on-line fabric stores or eBay and try not to pay more than $5 per yard. I've been lucky in hitting up the remnants bins at my LQS and also JoAnns, but don't do that very often as I just don't have room to store as much fabric as I'd like to have LOL.
Rob