I know in the Netherlands many people make very small quilts and they hang them up.

I can see quilting, but not building a stash. You would only buy enough fabric to make a quilt and that would have to be calculated very carefully.

ya gas is up over 1.00 a gallon-they say food is up 29%.but no raise.so I sell off some of my stash to compensate.

I was in Paris some ten years ago and saw a beautiful tapestry fabric on a room divider--books on bookshelves. As I'm a writer too, I wanted enough to make one myself. Went in and after 45 minutes--they didn't speak English, I didn't speak French--ordered 3.5 meters. $950!!! It was made in Monaco and had to be shipped, adding postage and more duty.

I've done without it and told the tale many times.

Sandy

Just a thought, but do you think quilters who have stashes are keeping the price of fabric down? Like the Post Office was cheaper to mail letters before E-mail and faxing became so popular. Less mail means less stamps sold so prices have to go up. Fabric hoarding, and I use that word kindly, could be keeping the prices down in the U S. Also and I hate to say this out loud or in print, but in many Europeon countries they chardge a tax on service on all products, so that raises the price too. Some states here charge tax on shipping and handling for orders placed on QVC and HSN, so I try to buy products that have free shipping and handling.

But don't they make a lot more money there than we do here? That would even it out a little bit.

Glad to be here in the good old USA

I wonder why God chose to only bless the USA?

I have a friend in Australia who orders fabric in the U.S.
Even with shipping price it is cheaper than buying it there.

Watching all the news about monetary collapse in some European countries, I wonder about this.