Went to a fave LQS (75 miles way) and they had some bolts of wool. It was fabulous.. then it happened.... I saw the price! REALLY?? 20.95 a yard???? Guess i won't be making a wool quilt anytime soon.

Why is it so much more expensive then other stuff? Is it from golden sheep?

I would presume supply and the labor intensive process. However, I am seeing $12 cotton fabric (which I also refused to purchase) so cotton fabric prices may soon catch up to wool.

I better do some more shopping to beat the raise! LOL Most LQS around here are still 10 and under for a yard. I have bought some for up to 15 a yard, but for special reasons/project.

I would just LOVE to make a bed size qult out of wool. I have one that i bought years ago at a flea market. Might take it with to Paducah to get appraise.

If it was smooth, thin wool for pants, then it would be worth it since those pants last for a long time. Soft, smooth wool for shirts might be worth that if it was a lovely color, but the rougher type, no, not over 10 bucks a yard, if that much. If it was washable, maybe 12 dollars a yard.

your lucky here in Australia we pay $22.00 pr mtr for cotton as it is would love to get my hsands on wool at that price.

Wow, I didnt know it was that expensive!

$12 dollars a yard, really??? I can't even afford $8yd. I hope it doesn't go up that much. We'll all go back to homespuns :)

Just to let you know we have to pay $22 to $25 a metre here in Australia, the Aussie dollar is now on par with the US$ so it is cheaper for us to buy online from US shops. The ladies in the quilting club I attend are so happy at the moment at the fabric they are getting from US at a fraction of the price we would normally pay.

I have a friend in Australia and he said gas was 1.40 a litre today. Even if almost 2 litres is a gallon, I'd still take it. But boy your fabric is waaayyy expensive. So how much is wool there?

I buy wool at the thrift store..blankets $3.00, pants, suits, jackets, skirts, $.25!

I have seen wool at $75.00 per metre, looked at some today 1/2 metre at $39.95 (width was listed at 60 inches).

Like Jacquie, I buy wool clothing second hand.

That's right about the petrol it can go up 20 cents in a day put lately it has been hanging around the $1.20 mark. How much do you pay. I have never seen wool in my LQS. I will have to look for it in the speciality shops to compare prices, now we are at equal $ value it will be easy to compare. I will wonder down the high street tomorrow, to hot to go shopping today it is over 30c I think that is 100F for you.

Try for wool shirts, etc from thrift shop - once washed, they work very well for quilting.

I was thinking about mens suits from op shops?

I bought a gorgeous wool fabric to make a jacket recently. It cost me the equivalent of $30 per metre!

My LQS has almost nothing under $22 per metre. I too am happy with the Aussie dollar being on a par with the Americam dollar, just wish postage wasn't so high.

I take it you don't realize that it is almost 4 liters to the gallon? Hmmm...That makes almost $6/gallon.

Wool suitings atr $24.95 at JoAnn's. Fabric.com had some on clearance for $10 a while back and I got some for a braided rug.

one of our lqs' carry the $20+ a yd wools...i shop for wools at thrift stores! you can get a whole lotta wool out of a mans suit jacket! or a wool plaid pleated skirt???omg yards! for penny's on the dollar! i buy lots of 100% wool garments, take them apart, wash and dry on hot and ready for quilting! i love working with wool... and it dyes so well...just a great fabric to work with...makes beautiful quilts! and shopping in the thrift stores you can get a really wide variety of colors, textures and weights with a very small investment. :thumbup:

I wish I could make a nice warm wool quilt to cuddle in. but I can't even touch wool as I am alergic to it.

Nope I sure didn't! Wow.

And I don't usually go to thrift stores or gArage sales....but I might have to give it a try. If I go in and ask them to help me find wool items, should they be able to help me? BTW I grew up with hand me downs, but never went to a thrift shop. I don't want to seem snobby. We had friends and neighbors that gave us clothes, they didn't always fit right, but we never went to school naked! Lol

Just don't go to Lanvin's menswear atelier, lol. We went as part of our MBA program and they had the most incredible selection of wool suitings I have ever seen, some of which were close to $1,000 per yard!!!

I buy wool SKIRTS almost exclusively at thrift stores. I got burnt out picking out seams and darts on jackets and then having to tear off stabilizer. You get a lot of wool out of skirts and it's not hard to find them. Most 100% wool clothing items have the woolmark tag in them. I try to purchase stuff that is 70% or greater wool content. I have almost as large a stash of wool as I do cotton. There's a store in Berlin, OH Amish country you have to check out if you are ever there....It has millions of patterns, fabric in all colors...the most extensive line of good quality homespuns I have ever seen, and a whole room of glorious wools..........including hand dyed! The wool is pricy, but when I'm making a candle mat, this is where I go to get exactly the color or pattern I need. The store is Kauffman's Country Craft Cupboard. I never get out of there without buying something.