I would ask about buying a whole bolt from where you buy your fabric. Selling a bolt at a discount isn't something they have on their website but it doesn't mean they won't do it. Email a couple - Hawthorne Threads, Fat Quarter Shop, Hancocks of Paducah - and ask if they discount if you buy a bolt and tell them which fabric it is.

Hi, there Meyert
Yes, I do purchase bolts of fabric, just make sure that you get them to roll out the entire bolt because sometimes the fabric is either cut or stitched together.
-Vontina

At my JoAnn's the end of bolt (aka remnant) price, which I thought was standardized throughout the chain, is half of the current selling price, so if it's on sale or I'm using a coupon for 40% or 50% off, the less-than-a-yard end piece is then priced at half of the sale/after-coupon price. I always make sure to tell the salesperson not to cut that remnant off, but to leave it attached to the main piece!

I don't think ANYTHING is standardized throughout the JoAnn's chain. At mine, the end of bolt has to be less than 1/8 of a yard in order to qualify for any discount at all. :hunf:

Moda...? Do you mean Kona? If not, you're lucky! My Joann's don't carry any Moda at all. I'm the same otherwise though - I keep at least one bolt each of black & of white Kona on hand, buy them at Joann's half-off whenever I get the chance.

Kona at Joann's (at least, at MY Joann's) come 8 yards per bolt.

I just say, "I want the whole bolt"! They still measure it to make sure it really is a whole bolt, and the fun part is they usually measure just a little off so by the end the 8th yard is "short" a few inches, making it a remnant, which is half off. Since I'm using a coupon to get it all half-off already, that means I get 7 yards at half off, and one more yard at half off of half off. LOL

Wow...that sucks! Mine is really generous, I guess! I live near 2 and both of them, anything less than a yard (even if by an inch) is a remnant and they never cut it off if you say you'll take it, they just leave it and mark up the cutting slip to show why there's a piece "missing". If I want a yard of a certain fabric and there are multiple bolts out, I will try to find one with less than 2 yards left and ask for 1 yard, just so I can get that last part for cheap. (Sneaky, sneaky!) I love scrappy quilts so I almost ALWAYS take the remnant. The girls there know me and know my tricks and don't mind; they'll even help me figure out which one has the best remnants available. I think they like getting those bolts that only have a couple yards left off of the sales floor, and if I buy the remnant now they don't have to wrap it up and package it later.

I bought some of JoAnn's flannel fabric, some of it was good, some of it pilled after washing and drying. I could only use it on the back.

I just went to Marshalls Dry Goods this weekend (Oh my goodness!!!). They will sell you whole bolts at wholesale. Prices run from $2.50 a yard to about $3.25, depending on what it is, and batiks run $4.50. You will find most bolts have about 15 yards, but they sometimes have shorter bolts. They have all the major LYS brand manufacturers.

They have an AWESOME new line line of solid cottons called "Dream Cotton"... feels amazing, great weight. (It's basically Moda Bella...milled at the same place.) That cotton is $2.45/yd wholesale. You will have to pay shipping.

i shop marshals drygoods also never been disappointed with purchases

I haven't bought a whole bolt before, but I think Fabric.com would be a good place to look. I have bought from them several times and they are good to ship fast. Their fabric is great quality.

click on the E-bay graphic and the prices will show up.

I don't know about it being the best place, but I just ordered from Fabric4less in CA. The prices are great and I'm sure the shipping within the US is doable. I am shipping to Canada and when I get it I will advise shipping.
Wendy

I purchased bolts of cotton sateen in black and cream. One side is shiny, and the other side is regular, kind of like glossy and matte paint. I use both sides to give movement to the quilt. It is the most expensive fabric on my shelves and came in a 10 yard bolt. My LQS special ordered it for me, so I paid full price. But it is worth every penny. I used the cream for background fabric on some needle-turned applique blocks, and the sheen of the fabric really made the blocks.

I also buy bolts of Kona cotton (especially black and snow), muslin, fusible interfacing, regular interfacing, and teflon fabric when it is on sale or if I have a 50% coupon. I would buy batting and Insulbright by the bolt if I had a place to store it (if I ever get a LA machine, I will definitely buy it by the bolt).

Marshall's has lots of pictures of fabric and inside the store on their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Marsh...16923791672388

Wish I could buy by the bolt but money and timing never seem to accommodate each other!

I have a very huge stash and I need to start getting rid of some of it. Most pieces I have are 3 yards and up. It you are looking for something e-mail me and I'll let you know if I have it. I am talking I own over 1000 yards of fabric

After seeing this post and some of the places people buy bolts of fabric from I went to fabric4less.com and purchased a batik, a beautiful print, and a tone on tone. At first inspection I am extreamly happy with the batik and very happy with the others. The prices were really good, the cost and speed of shipping is fantastic. So far the quality of the product is very good I won't know for sure till I have time to unwind some of it and make sure they are printed well and straight. But the first layers are showing well. Factoring in the shipping I still paid much less per yard than I can get at my LQS. Cost of fabric and and shipping averaged out at $4.07 a better price than what I pay on the clearance tables here. Only problem I see is getting too excited and having way to much left over fabrics.

I try to buy my batting by the bolt. When a new JoAnn's opened up near me (30 minutes) I had a 50 % cupon and bought the whole roll......It is the second time I did that and it's great to know that I saved that much money and that I always have batting handy.