This made me laugh outloud. Rags......yeah....go for it honey...

Just went to hobby lobby today, saw some really pretty fabric. It was 30% off, still $6.99 a yd. Original price was $9.99, so I guess Hobby Lobby has already raised their prices. I only needed a yd. of 4 colors, which is what I got, but before I would have gotten at least 2 or 3 yds each.

This all makes me so nervous, I have not had time to get much of stash, since I am still very new to quilting. Chewing my nails.

Yeah and they are the first to say can you make something for SO & SEW

I just vitual shopped in your room. Thanks. I got some really nice fabric.

You might want to show him some to the stash that are posted on the board.

But I do agree - with the don't know- won't hurt

Work on the "need to know basis"!!! and he doesn't need to know!!!!!! LOL!!

I am so lucky. I have a very wonderful thoughtful DH. My last fabric hunting trip he gave me a $100, the keys to his truck told me the tank was full, to have fun. He knows its something i love so he is ok with it since it makes me happy.

first chocolate, then cotton!! we are in trouble...here is a hint for cheap (price, not quality) fabric....those of you who live in the southern calif area, in orange county there is a fabric store called "M & L"....it is a great place to build stash, buy backings.........i go everytime i visit my old homestead there....usually UPS 2 or 3 boxes home from there!!!.....gina

Same here.the pieces can be a fat quarter or five mtrs it is still only $1.00 even if it isn't cotton I buy it to make or line bags depending on what it is made of. it is helping me to rebuilt my stash that I lost in the fire.

Been there done that, every chance I get :)

Fabric.com 20% off already on clearance. They have "Breakfast at Tiffany's" for Moda. But you didn't hear it from me!

lol gals forget the food banking, bank material, make sure you get a treadle machine incase the power goes out hahaha

Mine didn't get it either, until I asked him if he uses cheap tools for the car. He hasn't asked me how much I'm spending on this or that yet. :thumbup:

my hunny was shocked when he saw that pic. lol

OH MY! Well, we do what we have to do. Save pennies. For me it will be quilting for others and spending on my habit anyway.

I saw the same info on the rising cost of food, clothes and cotton. Whee do you cut back?

I packed up most of my stash to bring with me to Florida for 7 months of piecing. I really didn't think I had that much. The back of my truck (I have a shell on there) is full to the top with material and I had to leave 5 very large totes of fabric at home since I do have to have clothes for those 7 months as well. My 2 suitcases and sewing machine are in my back seat with my pillows! And I was bad and ordered a bunch of fabric that was on sale and had those THREE boxes shipped to my daughter's home in Florida! Oh, and there is the whole bolt I bought and it's also being shipped to Florida! I best be very productive while I'm in Florida!!! But with the price increase, I'm treating all my stash like it cost $10 a yard!

It was in our newspaper today but the article talked about the cost of clothes going up to reflect the increase in cotton ... of course I knew that would include quilting fabrics too.

Now that's a real stash. My sweet hubby is building extra shelves for me to store some of mine, as he's sick and tired of seeing fabric all over the house. Am I blessed, or what?

a quilter can never have oo much fabric....lol

"I will be buying on sale and looking for bargains."

Yes, that is what I will be doing too. I do have tubs of fabric organized by color so I don't go looking for fabric very often. I wait until a certain store in my area has it's sales. The owner has sales twice a year and the sale is around 50% off of all of the fabric in the store. I save my spending money for a few months and go in and stock up at both of the sales. (I usually buy from $100 to $150 worth of material each time.) The rest of the time, I only buy fabric that is needed for project that I am working on and is not in my stash. (My stash is growing so I usually have what I need for my projects.)
Since I am using my own spending money, my husband doesn't say anything about what I buy. :lol: My husband likes for each of us to have some spending money that we can use on what we want. He loves going to Harbor Freight when they have their sales so he understands why I do what I do. Since neither one of us uses the household money for personal things or hobbies, we don't argue or fight about what we buy.

I'm there with you! My DH is also a woodworker & loves tools. He does some great stuff, but it IS expensive. Thankfully he feels bad sometimes because I try to be so frugal with my crafts & he tells me to go get some more fabric or whatever I happen to comment on because I don't say too much about what he spends. Of course I do ferret some FQ's away he's unaware of from time to time that I just couldn't pass up! LOL

My DH looked at my fabric on the racks on the wall and since there is some empty room commented as to how long it would be before I ask him to put up another section of racks for more fabric. He said he knew it wouldn't be too long down the road. ♥ Gotta love and KEEP him.

At least they know they're needed! LOL!

I haven't bought any fabric for at least two weeks but I was shocked at some of the prices. Mind you the majority of what I buy I buy on sale or from the thrift stores. My DH has some expensive hobbies too (he's into Harleys) and for what he spent on a shock air pump I could probably have boughten 10 yards of fabric. As long as the bills get paid and there is food in the freezer, I don't complain much about what he spends and he doesn't complain much about mine. We know that it keeps us happy so that is what counts most.

Ditto

My husband is a fly fisherman, and ties all his own flies as well. Fortunately, his birthday is in January and mine is in March. I got him the fly rod he's been wanting for his birthday and he feels so guilty about it that he is pressuring me to get the new Janome I want. And, the more I protest that I really don't NEED it, the more he thinks I should get it. I really didn't mean to set up this dynamic, but........may just take advantage of it.

Not only is the fabric going up but as of March 1 the batting is going up 11%.Ugh.

Oh no he didn't!!!!! :)

Enid huh, it would pay me to take the drive and go shopping at your house. :lol: :lol:

You need to go to their website, register to get their newsletters and coupons which fabric with coupon is usually 40% off. I keep hearing that they will take away the 30% and apply the 40% off if you have the coupon.

I bought post Valentine fabric at Walmart for 1.48 a yard and you have to keep looking for bargains.Now what to do with 6 different heart patterns.LOL.

LOL oh dear.....

UGH... that is a scary thought.

Went to the store yesterday and they had fabric for $1.95, 2.95 and 3.95 a yard.. don't leave the store withour buying some.

SWEET.. where was this at? Which Store?

Hancock Fabrics used to be Minnesota fabrics