I watch Walmart for the occaisional chintz that I like to work with.

Most of my fabrics are batiks and that is the usual cost per yard. Sometimes more! And I heard fabric is going up in price (oh no!).

You really have to watch out about the shipping when getting things to Canada. I always make sure that anyone I buy from is willing to use USPS and not UPS. I very seldom have to pay any extra charges for duty even when I have ordered bolts of fabric. I have also never had anything go astray with USPS.

Same here in Australia. We are paying up to and including $24 per meter. But I try and get it for $10-15 at two of my favorite shops unless they have fabric for 1/2price then i try to get what is used more like greens blues,browns etc. You in USA are lucky to have fabric so cheap compared to us.

From what I have heard the rising costs are due to weather around the world being not the best for crops. Wheat will definitely go up with the problems in Russia and Egypt. Then of course the cost of shipping usually figures in...and business must make a profit (not a dirty word) or close. And that is not a pretty prospect.

Fabric in our area is 9 to 10+ a yard now...the fabric companies are charging them more and they have to pass the cost onto us on top of their shipping rates have gone out the roof....I consider the quality of the fabric....and I am all for keeping my LQS in business...I want her there when I need her...my dh and I travel alot and there are places that pay alot more then us here...blessings

[quote=canuckninepatch][quote=watson's mom]I too am Canadian:lol:, and have learned the hard and expensive way to NEVER use UPS when ordering something from the US. I always use USPS (United States Postal Services).

UPS has manages somehow to make themselves a:thumbdown: broker for the border and can charge you whatever :evil: they want :evil: when sending stuff across the border, PLUS :evil: their fee. Now they NEVER tell you this up front, but he :twisted: cost can be astronomical!
TreeFrog

I pay $9 a yard if I really love the material. When I start a project I go to my stash first and see if I have what I'm looking for and if I can build my quilt from there. If I can get a good start I add the new stuff. Most LQS in my area charge at least that, sometimes as much as $12/yard. I am getting ready to go to Pacific International Quilt Show in Oct and I know the prices are going to be $9 or close to it.
So I try to be very selective and will sometimes buy only 1/2 yard pieces.

except for vacations, never!

I've paid that much on occasion, if it's a fabric I REALLY really love - or something I needed desperately to finish a top. Otherwise, I shop the sales at my LQS and online, esp for borders & backings. Also trying to use more of my stash & make more scrap quilts !!

nope

It's normal to pay that amount for a meter to. But in Europe and especially the Netherlands it can be a problem ordering fabrics in the US. We have to pay a lot of taxes then so only when you get the shippings costs very low you get the fabrics cheaper.

It just harder to build up your stash and when I don't have to use it for a swap I buy most of the time other fabrics then quilting fabs. On the market I can get nice and good cottons thats originally for making clothes for 4 to 10 dollars a meter. I also use the cotton fabrics from IKEA.
Because of the bad economy lots of quilt shops closed their doors. In that case I buy a whole bunch of real quilting fabrics when it's on sale. But my stash whit real quilting fabs is quite small.
So only for swaps and special quilts I use real quilting fabrics. :)
( and yes I use old clothes and linnen too :) )

[quote=3TreeFrog][quote=canuckninepatch]Why not write an article about it, for Helium or about.com?

canuckninepatch: That is terrible that UPS charged that. Where I live, they are not allowed too accept any money for any of us. I think I would be checking into that. They may be pocketing the money. Gosh I just never heard of such!

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Only if I absolutely LOVE it! I usually will not pay over $5 a yard and even then it has to be calling my name!

my quilt shop goes for 8 dollars a yard for most of the fabrics, 9 seems a little bit high, for me i wait till the have coupons or days where they offer a percentage off their yards or i wait till i have a gift certificate because i think 8 is even a little steep

I bought about 20 yds today at a quilt shop at $4.50 per yard. Of course it helped that the quilt shop was going out of business. I really hate it for her, but glad for me. She had fat quarter at $1.00 ea. I spent over $200.

I bought about 20 yds today at a quilt shop at $4.50 per yard. Of course it helped that the quilt shop was going out of business. I really hate it for her, but glad for me. She had fat quarter at $1.00 ea. I spent over $200.

Where in So. Ca. ???? Most quilt shops prices are $9.45 or for batiks even higher.
Batiks in JoAnns are $11.99.
I want to shop where you do. :)

NO WAY!!!! I'm way too cheap for that. That, and I'm on a fixed income. I don't have that kind of money and probably never will, unless I win the lottery. I constantly shop for sales and free shipping online. In person I will look at everything, but I won't buy anything that isn't on sale, no matter how much I love it. When prices really get too high for my budget I'm going to have to resort to the way women of years past made quilts. Start ripping apart all the clothes from my wardrobe, lol. Or anybody else's I can get into. Shop for clothes at thrift stores and yard sales. Get it where you can, but I will never pay that price, or anything close to it for fabric. It had better be spun with gold thread for me to even consider it. The prices are just getting rediculous these days.

Hmmm, I wonder what the currency exchange is between Australia and the US. Does it work out to be about the same price or are you talking in US dollars? Just curious.

I will never pay $9 a yard for fabric. I sew as a hobby. I don't make a profit from it.
Judy in Ohio

$2/yd is my goal. Have paid as much as $4/yd for something I needed to finish a project. I'm really cheap. Can't imagine paying $9/yd for fabric and then not liking it when I'm done. If I give it away I don't feel like I've been cheated.

I buy lots and lots of fabric from garage sales, flea markets etc. You would be surprised the deals you can find. People buy it then decide they don't want it.
Judy in Ohio

If it isn't on sale I must do without it or wait.

I try not to pay over $5/yd. Will go up to $6 if I have to, but prefer to wait for a sale.

A couple of years ago I lived in the Southern California Desert area. I used to shop at Discount Fabrics in Lancaster and buy quilting fabrics (45" wide) for $2 to $2.50/yard. No, they didn't have as great of a selection as you find at most LQS.

I don't get to buy fabric, I only get to quilt because the wonderful people on this board give me fabric so I can quilt. God bless.

Well at the moment the currency exchange is good for us. For example $7.99 US = $8.73Au so only a little difference, most of our fabric though in LQS are $22Au to $28Au (well over here on the West coast anyway). We can buy it from other stores for an average price of $19.95Au/metre and on sale for anywhere from $2 to$8/metre but one has to be careful of what type of fabric it is as not all of it is good quality and it shows. Quite often the fabric in those particular stores that are put out for this price are also types that aren't selling for what ever reason.

I recently bought a roll of fabric from one of these stores which was on sale for $6. It look and felt fine but when I washed it, the fabric frayed badly, wrinkled worse and also lost a lot of colour. The fabric was from India and I was dubious intially but thought, why not give it a try as it isn't dear etc. Lesson learnt :lol:

Maybe1day

i only buy when its under $7 a yard.

I tend to by local, and keep the small business' open. We have 2 small stores in the community in which I live, if one store has a sale, then that is where I shop! If they both have a sale then I frequent both! I tend to purchase things on sale, and my mother in law is a great source! I will take old shirts, jeans and what not apart. However if I NEED a certain colour then I go get that one colour!

TreeFrog

I make the 1 1/2 hour trip to Marshall's in Batesville, AR for special projects. However, I always end up with plenty for my stash while I'm there. I can't justify sewing for charities and paying $9/yd for the fabric.

:shock: Oh my gosh! This sure makes me feel better about paying $9 or $10 a yard, when I do. Which isn't often.

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