Prices going up. Ouch!
#54
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: metro Portland, OR
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The wholesale prices have increasd 120% and will be increasing again after Jan.1. I buy wholesale by the bolt and try to charge only 50 cents to $1 over my price per yard for my customers.
The wholesale prices for 1st quality quilting fabric are running anywhere from $4.95 to $6.95 per yard. Occasionally the warehouse has sales and I will try to continue to buy then.
The wholesale prices for 1st quality quilting fabric are running anywhere from $4.95 to $6.95 per yard. Occasionally the warehouse has sales and I will try to continue to buy then.
#55
Cotton has been at an all time high since the Civil War for many years now. It's just that folks only realize things when they FEEL it... The old inventory is going and new is coming in and the prices are reflecting it more and more.
Better be stocking up on sugar and other things to!~IT"s going to get bad.
I've been buying 100% cotton tshirts and things and putting them up.
Seriously.
Watch Glenn Beck
Better be stocking up on sugar and other things to!~IT"s going to get bad.
I've been buying 100% cotton tshirts and things and putting them up.
Seriously.
Watch Glenn Beck
#56
Originally Posted by quiltsillysandi
I can go to my local quilt shop and buy fabric for $9.50 a yard...In checking our local Joanne's, the prices are up and the quality is just not the same...So no Joanne's for me at that price.......:(
Sandi
Sandi
#57
Originally Posted by Jan in FL
Time for me to start using my stash! This is that rainy day it was saved for, I think....
#58
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Take time for God today
Posts: 966
It not only cost more, some of it is thin, you can see threw
it. My Joann's worker friend, said you need to watch especially the solid colors. Like all things take a good look, and decide what you want to pay for.
She showed me the black from 3.99-12.00 as you go up it is a tiny bit better. But hold a piece up and look at the light. Know what your getting now, she said.
one more a ironing pad I bought a month again 15. is now
25.00. This was the biggest change I think. I still want to buy and sew and be happy. I will beware and make good decsions.
it. My Joann's worker friend, said you need to watch especially the solid colors. Like all things take a good look, and decide what you want to pay for.
She showed me the black from 3.99-12.00 as you go up it is a tiny bit better. But hold a piece up and look at the light. Know what your getting now, she said.
one more a ironing pad I bought a month again 15. is now
25.00. This was the biggest change I think. I still want to buy and sew and be happy. I will beware and make good decsions.
#59
Not only have fabric prices increased dramatically in the last two years, it also costs a lot more to get them shipped in to the store. Most shops have seen their shipping prices increase at the same rate as their fabric prices.
List prices on new premium fabrics now are mostly 11.95-12.95/yd. If you see shops selling brand new lines for less than that, they're trying to move fabric in volume, or they are very close to distributors so they don't need to have fabrics shipped.
We've quit buying from east coast distributors and are focusing on west coast distributed products just because of the shipping costs, except for specific items that we want that have to be shipped in from overseas.
We recently had a bunch of fabrics shipped direct from Europe, that aren't available in the USA -- the shipping cost and brokerage fees alone were nearly 3 dollars per yard.
List prices on new premium fabrics now are mostly 11.95-12.95/yd. If you see shops selling brand new lines for less than that, they're trying to move fabric in volume, or they are very close to distributors so they don't need to have fabrics shipped.
We've quit buying from east coast distributors and are focusing on west coast distributed products just because of the shipping costs, except for specific items that we want that have to be shipped in from overseas.
We recently had a bunch of fabrics shipped direct from Europe, that aren't available in the USA -- the shipping cost and brokerage fees alone were nearly 3 dollars per yard.
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