Discouraged Over High Fabric Prices?
#41
Originally Posted by redmadder
Remember Carol Burnett as Scarlett?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Nt0yi4wbro
**dress shows up at 3:25
#43
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Originally Posted by TonnieLoree
I hemmed 2 pair of pants for my mother today the the package price on the seam binding said 15 cents.
#44
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The price was one of the reasons quilts of the period were made from scraps of every sort. There was no such thing as "old clothes" or "donating" clothing. Perfect example are the Quilts of Gees Bend. These ladies couldn't believe the fuss made over their quilts when they were "discovered". To them they were sewing old pieces of cloth together to keep them warm during the winter.
When people did pay 25.00 a yard for fabric, you can bet it was for a very special occasion -weddings, curtains, drapes, etc.
When people did pay 25.00 a yard for fabric, you can bet it was for a very special occasion -weddings, curtains, drapes, etc.
#45
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At todays prices i only buy what I really need,and glad that I can,maybe next time I go I won't complain so much.and just think it all had to be sewn by Hand,no rotary cutters,sewing machines,gingher scissors,cutting mats.It truly was a labor of love
#47
Do you remember a scene in Gone With the Wind? Scarlett O'Hara was wearing a dress made from velvet drapes because there was no money to buy cotton even it was available. Of course Rhett Butler showered here with lovely things from England that no one else could get. LOL
Probably more truth than poetry from those times in history.
Probably more truth than poetry from those times in history.
#49
Fabric is even higher in Australia. If you look at Kiwi quilts, fabric is about 18.80 USD per meter when you convert from the 22.50 listed on their website.So we're not doing bad.
I worked in a LQS a couple of years ago, when a gal came in to buy fabric to ship to her grandmother in Japan. She said it was cheaper to buy it here and send it back than to buy it in Japan.
I worked in a LQS a couple of years ago, when a gal came in to buy fabric to ship to her grandmother in Japan. She said it was cheaper to buy it here and send it back than to buy it in Japan.
#50
Originally Posted by tatavw01
Don't you just love war!!! I think the world should be run by woman...What woman in her right mine would burn down a cotton mill..... ;-)
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