Be thankful you don't live over here, fabric seems to be about twice as expensive and we rarely get any sales. We have to buy mainly from quilt shops on line, in my area at least there are no fabric shops as such and the equivalent of your walmart don't sell fabric. I have thought of buying it from USA even with shipping it is still a lot cheaper.

I fell in love with an Asian fabric the other day and paid $12.99 a yrd! I only bought one yard of it though. CRAZY these prices are!!!

I do. That is the av. price at the LQS I go to. Sometimes there is a sale there and I will pick some up for % off. I don't complain as I generally only buy when I need for a particular project and it is very nice fabric.

Ditto! I always look for bargains

most LQS I have been into in Australia charge $22.00 a mtr if I like something or want it for a special reason that is what I pay but I normaly try to buy on special. good will shops are a great source of ofcuts if you don't mind what you buy. I have bought lots bits and pieces that way and when i have enough of a particular colour combination I will make something.

So I'm thinking if I decide to do this you would be interested. I'm not saying I'm giving anything away right now but maybe in the future. Lol

If i like it, and i don't really worry about how much it is. Keep in mind, I only go shopping for fabric when i have the money to do so. And only if i have enough money to get whatever i want.

I always load up on stash fabric in the $5 corners and sale bins at quilt shops. I only shop at Joans a little for novelty stuff and camo fabric.

I can't afford "quilt shop "stuff! I pay less than and never more than 5.00. I get the nicer stuff when its marked down,or last seasons.And I am blessed when friends send me their scraps. I am on a fixed income and semi housebound,so not a lot of choices.

I recently paid $20 a metre, but it was all I could find that suited my project.
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Yes, the only way to get fabric at that price is if it's on 1/2 price.

FYI - Fat Quarters at JoAnn's are $.99 each right now - I think for Labor Day Weekend.

I watch for ads and try to buy then. But if a fabric really calls to me I will pay regular price.

Oh yes but I don't have a lot of choice here.

Just a thought. Sometimes prices depend on the economy and wages. I had a SIL that lived in Alaska and things cost way more than in Idaho, but his wages were way than we could ever make here also.

Never!!!! hahahah

No... not on purpose, would have to be really special, have found one place in So Cal that has crazy reasonibly prices, but don't go often and it works fine. Buy what you can swing and don't worry about it being high dollar. Can still make prettys without breaking the bank. Just my opinion:)

Wow---that's cheap in England we pay anything from your $11 up over the average is about $13 +

I've never paid that much. The most I've ever paid is $2 for one fat quarter (so $8 a yard) and that was for something I'd never see again and just had to have because I knew a dear friend would love it. Other than that, I shop only on sale, with coupons, and/or my teacher's discount which is how I shop for everything else in my life. I just don't see why I should pay full-price for something when I could get it for less with a little planning/waiting.

Oh, my goodness! Are your salaries that much higher, too? Hope so. :)

Well, this all makes me feel a little better about myself. I was beginning to think that all my quilts must be cheap!
Thanks for the info.

i try not to pay that much. I have splurged on 1/4 or 1/2 yards that I felt I needed to make a special quilt.

Hi All,

Campion.... where do you get your fabrics??? I live in Bucks and have never paid less that £10.50 (which at present is $16.00) for any moda or similar fabrics.

I would love to pay $9.00.

Hugs

Caroline ---I have just paid £9 for a meter of Cream on white for a quilt and that was at The Quilters cupboard near Durham,sometimes at shows I can get material a bit cheaper.

I would too like to pay $9

Have you been to the quilt shop lately? The new fabric coming in is a minimum of 9.95 and up from there.

I was going to say, I was at both of our LQS's the other day and unless it's on clearance, everything is priced at right about $10.00/yd... and that's where the majority of my fabric comes from

I really try not to. I look in the clearance area, ask about sales or discounts, and then if I really love it I will. It's actually hard to find it as low as $9 a yard in a quilt store now. Seems like it's $9.50 or $10.00.

I have never paid over $4.00, but I'm still sort of new to quilting. When I make my memorial quilt price really won't be an option.

Probably those lucky enough to be able to shop quilt shops pay more for their material. Just like tools, if it is marked for "quilting", it will cost more. Someone said Walmart had material on sale for $1 this weekend. Hubby & I just got back from there. No $1 sale but I got over $30 worth of pretty good quilting fabric for $3.97/yd. Not the cotton you can see through either. Works for me.

No fabric at Wal-mart!

I don't know why cotton is so expensive, it is a plant for Pete's sake. You would think that with all the quilter's around buying fabric, that it would be reasonably priced since there must be a ton of it being sold every day. I must be missing something here.

No one ever said this was a cheap hobby. But if you love it enough you'll start cutting up shirts! Less laundry, right? ;)

I paid $9.99 for the glow-in-the-dark Fairy Frost fabric and didn't care a bit. It was something that I really, really wanted and so far I'm in the process of making three different quilts out of it. I've bought 4 or 5 yds all together. However, that's something that I try very hard not to do. Usually I use from my stash(which is enormous), buy on sale or from thrift stores, garage sales, etc. This past spring I bought huge amounts of fabric from a garage sale where each piece was 50 cents or 3 pcs for $1 no matter how much yardage was there.

Me too!! At the Festival of Quilts at the NEC recently I paid £27 for a Jelly Roll! in USA 2yrs ago I paid $11 for the same thing!

Moda jelly rolls are now $35 unless on sale.

Yes, I have paid that much for fabric. I usually try to buy most of mine on sale.

On occasion I have paid that much for fabric.

Never paid that much in my life. You can find good fabric without having to pay an arm and a leg for it.

LOL...... you got it!! :lol: :lol: :lol:
and don't leave your old jeans laying around, might need those too, bet they won't be recognized in that scrappy......I can just hear it, " No, Honey not sure where your blue shirt is right now :oops:
Thanks Chele, just set off my wonky humor:)

Woops and I'm off thread :oops:

I think this is the reason it is expensive; because quilters do use it. The other materials are probably priced accordingly to cotton.

Great garage sale! Love that kind.

I will pay it if it is something I really want. I have had the experience where I have waited thinking I would get it on sale and then it was gone. One of the fabrics I wanted was deleted out of my "basket" while I was ordering online. There were only 2 places that had any yardage left of it and of course it was over $9.00 a yard, but I had ordered the rest of the line for a quilt and the pattern I needed was a stripe I was using for the border. Hasn't happened very ofen thankfully. Just found a Walmart that had fabric. Found some Thomas Kincade Tinkerbell panel fabric, and two coordinating fabrics on sale. Should have bought all they had but did get a few extra panels that I will take pictures of and offer on the board. It is SO pretty.