Brace Yourself
#92
There's always a thread about the price of fabric.I have enough fabric to do me for a good while,but if it hits $18yd...as someone said, I'm a "used to be quilter".
There's some prices I wouldn't pay even if I was a millionaire & that's one of them.
Seems like fabric is trying to catch up with other things most ppl buy, like food,heat,fuel,housing,taxes & insur.It's also about the only thing we have a choice in buying.
Of course,the news every eve says the bad times are over.Pardon me while I laugh.
There's some prices I wouldn't pay even if I was a millionaire & that's one of them.
Seems like fabric is trying to catch up with other things most ppl buy, like food,heat,fuel,housing,taxes & insur.It's also about the only thing we have a choice in buying.
Of course,the news every eve says the bad times are over.Pardon me while I laugh.
#93
I've been bracing myself, and "pacing myself" since October. The increased prices are not a surprise. At the end of last year I bought a good amount of fabric on sale, in anticipation of the increase that was to come in 2011. I can make quilts from my stash for a few years, with only minor supplementing necessary. Yes, the price of fabric is alarming, but remember, quilting is a hobby. All hobbies have their own costs. We each do what we can.
#94
Originally Posted by LindaJR
I have a problem with places that raise the prices of inventory they already have to match the new inventory. Otherwise it is easier for me to accept the new prices, but not fair to the consumer when they sell older merchandise at the new prices. Hope that makes sense LOL.
#95
Hummmmm, well, okay, I really do feel dumped on this week! First it's Sunbonnet Sue and so many people bashing her and her innocence. Now I'm supposed to feel bad because I buy Ralph Lauren cottons and wool skirts to use in my quilting. Come on now, Ladies, be reasonable. This is supposed to be FUN, unless it is how you make your living, then it's your lively hood and I wouldn't blame you for insisting that LQS is the only way to go!
#97
You're putting the corn in your car along with the gasoline. Ours is at least 10% ethonol now - less mileage per gallon - and it was supposed to help keep the cost down. Sure!
Originally Posted by shadoh
i hear today on the radio that cotton and corn are doubling in price. so save your scraps and make mile-a-minute quilts. they are lovely with sashing and anything goes.
i don't know about the corn.........
i don't know about the corn.........
#98
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Wow, ONCE AGAIN, I didnt say anything was wrong with people cutting up clothes at the GW stores. ALl MY post implies is that GW shopping is very expensive. I dont really care what anyone cuts up....I do it all the time. The other quote isnt mine at all.
#99
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Originally Posted by Lv2sew2011
Originally Posted by Rascalonious
Along with everything else, except our wages!
and he only makes about 35,000 a year...
Wouldnt it be great if the goverment would take a pay cut down to that and try to live on it....
I bet the debt would have a decrease after that...
#100
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We were just talking if the top 50 people in the US would "donate" 1/2 of their MULTI MILLIONS on UP to the "cause". We have alot of billionaires in the US that do give to other countries - what would happen if they could sell at least one or two of their homes, give (like is done in "Secret Millionaire") That would really help their country, too! The rest of us are scraping by - they are living "high on the hog"
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[quote=kashu][quote=Lv2sew2011]
Originally Posted by Rascalonious
I hear ya, hubby works for the goverment, and they put a freeze on his wages..
Wouldnt it be great if the goverment would take a pay cut down to that and try to live on it....
I bet the debt would have a decrease after that...
Wouldnt it be great if the goverment would take a pay cut down to that and try to live on it....
I bet the debt would have a decrease after that...
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