No kidding. To my mind quilting has always been somewhat of a luxury, even back in the day. Most of the items I needed to quilt had to be acquired specifically for quilting, other than the sewing machine I already had. Plus, those items generally weren't used for anything other than quilting. Even just 13 years ago $10.00 seemed high to me for fabric. Once I understood the difference in quality it made more sense. Anyway, quality quilting fabric is getting more expensive by the day it seems. As an aside, I need to replace my little Singer Sidewinder bobbin winder I bought a while back. Exact same thing I bought 8 years ago for $14.99 is now $25.00 most places. I can now fully appreciate what my parents felt when bread went to $1.00 a loaf! Something their mom sent them to the store with a dime to get!