Fabric Cost
#21
I've seen fabric at the $12 range for awhile in the shops where I've shopped. With cotton prices having risen so dramatically in the last year or so, it's unfortunate that we're having to pay these prices. Since I retired & now can't get to a couple of the shops I used to shop at, I'm having to shop online more & paying even more attention to price. $15 per yard is getting pretty steep, no matter if you can afford it or not.
#22
You could always say something like, "Yikes! That's expensive." and see where the dialogue goes. Or just let her see what happens. Personally I wouldn't have even paid $8-9 a yard, but that's me. I have a hard and fast rule - no more than $4 a yard for anything.
#23
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Woodmere, NY
Posts: 1,422
I can afford the $15, but I wouldn't do it.. I'm sure the fabric is georgous, but I don't think there is a need to spend that much.. I'm not saying to go cheap, but there are online stores that sell, and are more reaaonable.. I don't think she will continue in business... You might want to say something to her, but sometimes people have to see for themselves..
#26
$15 per yard? Absolutely not! I can sit in my chair and find wonderful deals on great fabrics by shopping online. If I check out the sales/clearance on ConnectingThreads I can find fabric at $3/yd. and never leave the house. If you want to run a store and make money, you have to be realistic about your pricing.
#27
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Posts: 97
Everything is going up. Our Cable bill just went up 20%, groceries aren't just creeping up. If I am going to spend time making a quilt, I will pay whatever. I am a business owner and thanks to our government it is harder and harder to stay in business.
#28
Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Any place I can sew
Posts: 434
I quilt at a small quilt shop located in a farming community. The cost per yard of fabric 2 years ago was $8-$9 a yard which I was happy to pay. Now, the new fabric came in today and the shop owner was marking it as $15 per yard. I'm so afraid she is pricing herself out of the market and this small community will not support this price increase. I'm not sure if I should say something to her or just wait and see what happens. The shop has only been open for 2 years and I've been their customer from the beginning and I consider her a friend.
#29
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Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: new york state
Posts: 10,312
My quilt groups makes more and more trips to the Amish. We recently stopped at a quilt shop on our way home from the Amish and between 10 of us we didnt spen $20.00. Prices are just getting to high.
#30
Super Member
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Michigan
Posts: 1,649
There is something wrong with our fabric prices. You can't make clothes cheaper than buying them. Don't save hardly anything buy making your own curtain and such. Where do they get fabric cheaper and then send it over seas to be make and shipped back to sell to us. Let alone buy material for quilting. Supposedly quilting fabric isn't the same grade of fabric and garments.
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