Because of health issues and 4 surgeries, I have not been quilting for the past year. I recently went into a popular sewing store, that we all know and love (at times), and I found that they had Premium Quilter's Cotton for $14.99/yd. Oh, my goodness, $15.00 per yard? As I gasped at the price, a lady next to me was looking at muslin fabric and was commenting that it was $8.00/yard. I remember when muslin used to go for 88 cents/yard.
If it were not for sales at brick-and-mortar stores and on-line fabric shopping, I wonder how much longer that I will be able to afford fabric on my fixed income. Which makes me so much happier to know that I will now have to shop for fabric at my own 'in-home' store. I always tell my husband, when he complains about how much fabric that I have, that it would come in handy in my retirement years.
It is good to know that I was right. I used to tell him that my hobby would somehow pay for itself in the long run, because with few exceptions, my fabric would always be there. I also reminded him I could have taken up a hobby that once you put your money down, it was gone and you had nothing to show for it. That is my story and I am sticking to it...