Some shops may be doing this, I don't know about others. Most of us are trying to price product based on what we have to pay for it, plus meet our overhead.

It's also irritating to us when it seems our suppliers are raising prices on in-stock goods. We have a lot of basics that we know have come into their warehouses at lower prices, and when the new prints come out they raise the prices on everything in the line instead of just the new ones.

However, a lot of that is new, reprint stock that is coming in at much higher prices.

What your local shop is doing isn't price gouging, it's trying to survive. They're trying to keep their average prices down by spreading their price increases over a lot more goods rather than just having their new stuff sit there because the prices on those are so much higher than their older goods.

I understand why the price increase in fabric. Why would that change the price in notions????

A couple of reasons. Many notions, like rulers, are made from plastic, and since plastic products are made from oil, all plastic products are increasing in price. Also oil prices are affecting manufacturing costs and transportation costs on everything -- pretty much everything you use in your life uses oil to produce and transport.

Secondly, distributors, and some shop owners, are trying to average dramatic cost increases in some areas (like fabrics) across many products, so if fabric goes up by a dollar or two a yard, they may choose to spread some of that increase in the overall cost of doing business to other articles they distribute to stores, or as a store owner, retail to the public.

It really doesn't matter why goods are setting records with prices going.....always...up & up.
The bottom line for me, is how much I have to spend.I gave up on buying a lot of expensive groceries,passed on better clothes unless on deep discount.What I don't buy on sale doesn't get bought & the same now holds true for quilting,be it notions or fabric.
On line,with free shipping is what I shop for.There's no way our retirement income will ever keep in line with price increases.When my stash is used it'll be time to sell the machine. Just a fact of life.

I agree with what you said. I think I'll be o.k. for a while. I only shop sales with the exception of a hand full of fabrics I just loved. I can only think of 2 I paid regular price for. A batik with snowflakes and another with beautiful birds on it. Like I said I think I'll be fine with what I have and I will continue to shop sales only!

I agree with what you said. I think I'll be o.k. for a while. I only shop sales with the exception of a hand full of fabrics I just loved. I can only think of 2 I paid regular price for. A batik with snowflakes and another with beautiful birds on it. Like I said I think I'll be fine with what I have and I will continue to shop sales only![/quote]

got to say - love your displayed fabric - what a pretty place to quilt and such organization! I have my stash in bins in a closet sorted by color and type but I love the decorating aspect of how you did your room !

Nice, and nicely organized, stash!!!! :thumbup: :thumbup:

I will NOT pay 12.00 a yard for any cotton material.
I have a 50% off coupon at JoAnn's but the sale starts on the 10th of april.
It's going to have to be really something special for me to spend 6.00 for a yard of material.
I used to work at a store selling material. They had little machine where you slid the material in,( you always got an extra inch) and pulled it to the amount of material the customer wanted, 2 yd, 3 yd. Then pushed a button and it would clip it, take it out and rip it. It cost anywhere from 10 to 29 cents a yard.lol I guess that dates me.
Syl

I loved those machines! I thought they were so neat! To bad when the whole double knits era began they were taken out, since often the fabric got stretched.

Right not Connecting Threads has nice fabric for under $3 a yard. Buy it!