I am saving boxers for a quilt. I usually buy them and she doesn't care what she wears so I buy fabrics that I want later in scrappy quilts. She gets fun prints and I get reeally soft fabrics later for quilts...

gotta find a good thrift store with clothes that are for grabs, someone that has clothes not usable,

really disheartening th see these prices affecting everyone! and its not just us, the ones that creates the cloths and such!

I'd hate the thought of stopping quilting or sewing clothes and other stuff because I am not able to afford fabric.

but what did the ladies do in the depression? they found a way! wonder if we can get flour sacks?

I remember as a little girl, my grand ma made me a flour sack dress! and it had pretty little flowers on it! um, the depression was way before I came along, but still a lot of depression after ww2.

I have always used clothing for my quilts. As long as there are thrift stores & garage sales, I will be ok. Its a good thing I have been stock piling my fabric for many years, I wont pay more than $8 per yard for fabric, and if this means no more LQS, so be it!I guess I will see how creative I can get!

I think a boxer quilt would be fun to make.Problem is my hubby wears briefs.Now,he does have some shirts..Ummm

hehehehe, being I don't have a husband, I guess the thrift stores are the one, I do have a brother, nephew, 3 sons, brothers in-law, could go that route! hehehehe , um bubba want your boxers! heheheheheheeh, too funny!

I live in Australia and material here is around $22-$26 a metre!

Go to the thrift shop and get men's shirts in cotton... Larger shirts equals more fabric... cheap.....

Thanks for that Donna. At the moment I am addicted to buying fabric from the USA online as the Aussie dollar exchange is close to 1 on 1.

I wonder if all sewers just refused to buy fabric at these high prices, would the companies that make the fabric lower their fees abit? This is just getting ridiculous. I heard on the radio that cotton, corn & oil were all increasing. Hard to believe there could ever be a shortage.

I'm afraid that what would happen then is that it would be the quality, not the price, that goes down.