The way I like to look at it is:
if 21.3 million quilters spent 3600 million dollars then,
1 quilter spent 169.00$ in a year. That's perfect.
It is cheap then.. Keep on quilting loll

I agree - it must be a man who wrote the article! The PGA course in PSL has a "winter" rate to play over $100 - for just 18 holes!!! AND - the game is over in about 4 hours. I bet all of us have held on to fabric for years - waiting for the perfect place to use it!

I agree with Lovingmama

I'm not saying a word about this to anyone. LOL.

LOL...

Wow...

SO TRUE!

Included in that price, I'm sure is the cost of the sewing machines and the quilting machines, not just the fabric. I've read on this post about the "featherweight" antique machines that the girls all seem to love. That just goes to show you that a good sewing machine will last practically generations! It all evens out, I'm sure. And really, who's counting?

Candi.. your right..once a person has their fishing items, it is a very cheap sport. We both summer fish all the time, and we only spend $15.00 for a entire summer worth of bait. Now his ice fishing bait is $5.00 each weekend. Still not as bad as my fabric. But as I told my husband.. what do we get out of his fishing.. we eat it..can gain weight..then need to buy new clothes.. ha ha ha ...mine will warm him up after freezing outside ice fishing.. ha ha ha ..he had to agree.

Oh, please do!

When HGTV quit showing Simply Quilts and refused to do any more quilt shows and there were "tons" of us that petitioned them to air more quilting shows, this is one of the things that I posted them about: how much money was being spent on quilting. But to no avail. That's why I quit watching HGTV and according to ms. board have a lot of other folks. Seemed they thought "us quilters" were not the correct generation for that type of show. Boy, were they mistaken.

Gotta have something to do while they are gone!!!

When you calculate it out though it is 169 per person per year--that's less than 15 dollars per month so it really is not that much when you consider how much joy you get making and giving these gifts of love.

Oh, I don't spend anywhere near what my husband does on his hobby. So if I want some fabric I buy it. If he complains I just show him his paypal account. That shuts him up.

Fortunately or unfortunately, depending on how you look at it, my other hobby, horses, is way more expensive than my sewing - oops! However, DH is reasonably happy so long as he has his plane.

"playing with....." I don't consider what I do playing.

I can't believe it. My husband's pastime is fishing, from end of March through Thanksgiving, and if you add up all the gas and gear needed to go off-shore safely, and the payments on the boat ...it is a lot of money. BOAT=Bring Out Another Thousand. We justify it because we end up with a couple hundred pounds of cod and haddock every season.

What about country club membership and monthly dues for the golfers? I would agree hunting is low-budget once you get the guns and ammo, as long as all you do is drive out-country for a day. But what if you have go up to northern Canada for bear or moose or whatever?

Hmph!

Sheer nonsense!! I'll bet this was written by a man who golfs and has a wife who sews quilts, and her quilting is stopping him from getting that new set of clubs he has been drooling over.

I learned many years ago not to believe everything I read, very little of what I hear, and to take what I see with a grain of salt.

I need glasses to read, need hearing aids to hear much, and can't see well when I have a migraine which starts when I get mad at such drivel!!

So take THAT for your biased article!!

Burn it.

I believe fabric makes up for all the silly people I come in contact with during the week. My hubby thinks the fabric I buy is WAY cheaper than therapy and makes me smile. :)

or anyone else....
how could they actually put that in print...

My husband has motorcycles, and wants lots more. LOL.. that is fine I say.. one bike can cost 1000's of dollars, it takes me years to spend that much. ;0)

tell him only if you get to buy machines that cost the same..since you can make money on those machines, he can't..unless he sells them! :lol:

Good point - fishing and hunting can put food on the table, or produce something you can sell, as can quilts. Golf and bikes and cars won't keep you warm at night, let alone give you a meal!

I would definitely never add up the cost of all my sewing things. I do think at times that I have way to much "this or that" but then I do use it up before I get more. I TRY not to buy needless/purposeless items, but realistically it does happen. There are so many hobbies that are more expensive, but this is one that I love and my husband supports me in. :)

that is a good anology! just wish my DH would go hunting instead of just going to the shooting range...

That show is the Best of the Best! You can find anything and everything there! I have been going for years and can't wait to go every year! I booked a room 2 weeks after I cam back last year! I take 2 suitcases and seem to be enough as they are never overweight! LOL

You, know, you're right. I haven't watched HGTV since they dropped Simply Quilts - there's nothing on there that interests me anymore... and I used to watch quite a few shows there. And what's this about "correct generation"? the women in the local guilds are all ages.

:thumbup:

It's cheaper than therapy, that's for sure.

Not enough, but according to my husband, too much. He will never get why I NEED all the fabric I have been stashing for more than 30 years!

That's okay, I don't understand why he need 3 drills, 5 hammers and 10 saws, either!

Who needs justification? Quilting produces something, often quilts become family heirlooms in addition to keeping us warm.

bah humbug!!

Yeah, do not tell my hubs, and I will make sure I don't buy the magazine.

It costs $10,000.00 pa to belong to one of our golf clubs (they want to keep the 'riff raff' out) so I will quote that price if anyone dare mention the cost of sewing...

I was spending waaaaaaaaaaaay too much on machines and fabrics. I have put myself on a "starvation diet". I decided that I need to use up what I have... which may be an impossible dream since I have so much. I am glad I have not been buying and dont plan to, with the problems in the Middle East and gas predicted to go sky high...I am lying low.

It would be interesting to know who conducted the survey, what questions they asked and what audience they targeted to get their results.

I have read that quilting is a 3 billion dollar industry in the USA alone. HMMM!

ME TOO....I bet I could sew for the next 30 years and still not use up my stash....nah...I would need to add backings, bindings, backgrounds...something.. :lol:

I wish I could spend as much on fabric as I do on my horse. Horse owners contribute something like 60 billion dollars a year to our economy.