Well, I went to buy another bug fabric for my bug jar quilt and almost had a heart attack! I had already exhausted all my local Quilt Shops supplies and thought I'd check Fabricland (kind of like Joann fabric?) I found one and I was glad I only needed a quarter meter(10 inches). It was $20.00 a meter. Holy Cow, I am glad I have a good stash. :cry:

Fabrics are going WAY up, I'm glad I have a stash too.

Ouch!

location seems to really matter---
prices vary so drastically-

last time i visited joannes here i saw that they were charging more than the lqs --- for walmart quality or less fabric...seems someone mentioned to them that the cotton market was on the rise and decided to get a jump on it---or maybe they are just trying to pay for their new stores-
i really felt their fabric was much less than desirable-and over a dollar a yard more than the expensive quilt shop in our area.
i am so glad we still have a couple lqs' that have not gone that route- i can still get wonderful quilting cottons for $7.50 a yard up to $8.98
i think some of those (big chain stores) have raised their prices to ridiculous amounts because they send out all those coupons-
i will continue to keep my lqs in business and avoid the big chains with their shoddy quality, ridiculous prices and horrible customer service

not much of a stash here and certainly not one that coordinates; buying a lil bit each month for each project is how I'm going to have to do it. I hate that!

I am doing my best to use only things from my stash. Its not easy sometimes. I bought the wrong things I guess. lol
The lqs here had $9 and up fabric last time I was in. I am so missing my Hobby Lobby. But I simply cannot afford to buy fabrics at these prices.

ouch :!: :!:

If you're looking for coordinating fabrics for a project, have you considered Whittles? ( http://whittlesfabrics.com/cgi-bin/Store/store.cgi ) I think their highest price is $6.50 or $7.00 a yard, and you can shop by collection. They even mark down the leftovers to as low as $3 or $3.50 per yard once a line is almost gone. It's not this season's newest lines, but you will recognize the brand names. They just listed the Bittersweet line by Nancy Halvorsen, and I am trying to resist. I have been buying from them for a while and the service is good and shipping fast.

Myself, I can't believe how high the regular LQS prices have risen. And actually exclaimed out loud (shocking!!! a bad word slipped out of my mouth....LOL!) when I saw a bolt of fabric at Joann's for $13.99 a yard!!! Crazy.

At lqs yesterday - new fabric $11.00 yd. Old fabric still "only" $9.90 a yard.

Amen!!!

Hoffman's of Paducah had a nice sale on the other day with free shipping. I bought some gypsy fabric that I needed for my gypsy wagon. Sign up for their sales, it's worth it and they have primium fabrics. I hardly need fabric, my statsh is tremendous lol...but for certain project if the price is right, I will go for it.

Took a look at the website and it looks great! Thanks!!

Do you have a website for them? I cannot find them.

I think she meant Hancock's Paduca. . . .

I try to base my fabric shopping on planned quilts for those I am making quilts for. When a fabric is on sale, I buy it and put it in my stash. With the prices increasing, I don't have to worry too much.

Another good site is Fabrics.com -- free shipping if you spend $35 and that's pretty easy to do.

Yikes! Guess I won't complain about $10.25 a yard. That's why I love Ebay. I just watch auctions for fabrics I want and bid only if it's the price "I" want to pay!

Connectingthreads.com has good fabric very reasonably priced.

ouch...

I was in a LQS yesterday....didn't buy for a couple reasons.They had mostly Thimbleberries fabric that looked dark & dreary to me.No pretty yellows I was looking for,but the main reason was $10.98 yd price.

My fav LQS is $9 yd,but the store is an hr away.I'm shopping from stash.DH bought me a line of fabric.Very nice & prob the only time that will happen.Gonna use it by adding complimentery colors with it...kind of stretch it out :)

I'm buying more & more on line & haven't had any problem at all.

i want to see a picture of your gypsy wagon. i saw one at an antique store a few years ago still intact with alot of the stuff. i never thought of doing a quilt.

Love Paducah, they always have fabric on sale so it's worth checking it out. they do list their fabric by the half yard so 2.98 if for the half yard not full. didn't get an order in for the free shipping.

I agree OUCH!!!

quilt in a day has a great sale on now-$ 3 to 5.00now.
www.quiltinaday.com

With everthing else going up, I can't imagine why you'd think fabric wouldn't also. Things going up in price has just become a part of life.

You'll have to post a picture of your project. Our quilt group is making a bug jar quilt for a raffle to help the Peace Valley Nature Park.

That's true. Also true I shop for the best prices no matter if it's groceries,towels or furniture. No way I won't shop & buy the best fabric price.

That's a bookmark, for sure! Thanks.

I took a coupon to use at Hancocks this week. It is in a community about 30 miles from me so I don't get in there often.
The nothing special fabric I wanted was $20.00 a yard! That made me look at the rest of the fabrics around me and I was stunned. Even with the 40% off coupon I wasn't willing to pay the price. I won't be going back. The $2.00 a yard fabric at WalMart is looking really good to me at this point. Ann in TN

Excuse me, but you sound like a "Pusher" to me...LOL, don't encourage those of us with a good size stash, to look at Whittles...really, no, don't make me...I REALLY don't NEED anything for the stash...don't make me go look... ;)

at this point, my stash is increasing in value faster than my savings account!!!

Yes, I have ordered from them several times and have never been disappointed.

You made me laugh out loud!!!! that was really funny...and sadly, perhaps true!!

thanks so much for the web site. I took a quick look and loved so many of them and the prices are great! Nice of you to share.

Good thing I have some already bought and stashed away!

Gosh...that is expensive. I hate it when I need just a little bit more and price goes up sky high. I have tried using fabric I already had and ended up wishing I had just spend the extra money. Oh well what can one do...

I went with my niece to a doctor's appt and decided to stop at the little quilt shop nearby. :shock: $12.99 per yard! Guess I'm stuck with JoAnn's.

don't you have a membership for Fabriclaand- save 20% and watch for 50% off for membership days

I sympathise with you having to pay so much for your bug material.My DH gave me the £ sterling conversion and I share your angst as we are having to pay that price regularly here-therefore DH realises that the stash is a good investment.
Take care
Buddy in fabric.
(ps-I never question his spending on fishing equiptment!)

Oh just go. You know you want to!!!