I live in a city with population over 100 000 and for some reason we can’t keep an LQS in business. Several have tried. Fabricland is the only show in town. I will travel to smaller communities in our area before I will shop at Fabricland. It puzzles me why there are several viable quilt shops all over the province but we can’t have even one in a city our size.
I used to order fabric from the US fairly often and never once paid a customs fee. A friend from US sent me some fabric last month. She put ‘gift’ on the customs form and it came through with no customs charge.
Sew Sisters in Toronto has reasonable prices and will ship orders over $100 with free shipping so that works best for me.