bearisgray

Just wondering - how much are you willing to pay for pre-owned, LQS quality, fabric?

I am talking about the "selllng off stash" type of sales -


How do you feel about buying fabrics that have already been washed? (If washed, I prefer some sort of indication - besides frayed ends - that they have been washed)

Faintly Artistic

On EBay, I aim for $1.75/fq or less including shipping for cottons and $2 for batiks. I ask the brand name and only bid/buy on LQS quality. I've gotten quite a few FQ's this past year (building my stash). I try to pay less than$7/yard and frequently get it for less. I buy from stores that sell fabric and ladies destashing. I pay less for "luck of the draw" since I don't get a choice. Some sellers will pull a color range for you and some won't.

Faintly Artistic

PS...I never "desperately need" full price fabric

bkay

I don't pay much. I have bought quilting fabric for $25.00 per large box at estate sales. Often they will mark the fabric as $5.00 for a large piece (multiple yards) and $2.00 (1 or 2 yards) for a small piece. They put scraps and small pieces in ziplocks and sell for $3.00 a bag. I'm in a large city, so I can buy last year's name brand fabric for $5.99 and $6.99 at the warehouse stores. They also do sales and % off coupons. I can also pick my own fabric from a large selection. Therefore, I would not buy "pre-owned" for more than $2.00 or $3.00 a yard.

bkay

Onebyone

1/3 of the retail. I rarely pay retail for new fabric and most quilters I know fill their stash with fabric when it's on sale.

Boston1954

That would depend on if the person is a smoker. I cannot be around that. It makes my Eczema worse.

dunster

I don't expect to pay more than $4/yard at a de-stashing sale unless it is very special fabric. I don't care if it has been washed before, because I will be washing it again as soon as I get it home.

JustAbitCrazy

Interesting question! There's a lady right now on our local craigslist doing just that. She's asking $3/yd for prints, $4/yd for batiks. Her ad does not state that they are LQS fabrics, though. I have been watching the ad for about a week, and it doesn't look like she has any/many takers. Her asking price is a little rich for me, but if they are LQS fabrics, maybe I am being too critical, because just today I saw a fabric I liked in a quilt shop which was priced at $13.49/yd!! Holy cow!

bearisgray

This question was triggered by this thread:

By the pound??

willferg

If it's something I love and would consider paying full price at a LQS, I'd probably go up to $5 a yard. Anything else, I'm looking for a screaming deal. It's got to be priced better than a sale price at a fabric store, because at the fabric store I can buy what I want, as much as I want, and know it's unwashed and brand new.

I think selling quilt fabric would be a painful experience if one were always thinking about how much one paid for the fabric in the first place...