bearisgray

What do you consider to be a "reasonable" price for quilting cotton fabric nowadays (May 2018)?
Per yard? per fat quarter? per meter?

Assumptions: width 40-45 inches, 100% cotton

Do countries that sell fabric by the meter sell it by tenths (or decimals -instead of eighths like the USA)? Do they also sell it by the fourth yard- as in a fat quarter of a meter?

I have noticed that WalMart has an inch to decimal conversion chart on the cutting table.

QuiltingNinaSue

No, on retirement I cannot afford fabric at $12 to $15 per yard. I understand the 'why' of it, but we have enough problems with budget without adding that one. I do get emails from several fabric places so I can be informed when they have excellent sales at $3. to $6 per yard. And since a local quilt fabric store went out of business, I made like 5 trips and stocked up my stash that way at 75%off the fabric. Sew now time to complete and make new quilts!

SusieQOH

I buy most of my fabric online and never pay more than 8-9.00 for a yard. I buy brands I like ,for example Moda is one of my favorites and I know what I'm getting that way.

Onebyone

I love Quilter's Dream fabric from Marshall's Dry Goods. I buy most all my fabric there. I do buy fabric from LQS but only on sale. Even at sale prices the store is making a profit so I am supporting the shop. I won't pay over $9 a yard for quilting fabric. That is my cut off price. Nope don't need it that bad.

Wanabee Quiltin

I would pay up to $10 a yard for fabric I loved. I usually get it cheaper than that.

Tothill

I am in Canada and watch for sales, but good quality batiks can cost $23.00/m.

A friend just opened an online fabric shop, her prices are in the $15.00/m range. http://https://trollbrothersquiltdesigns.com/collections

Depending on the shop I can buy a minimum 10 or 20 cm. FQ if in a bundle like Moda, are US sized, but some Canadian shops cut Canadian sized FQ.

Shop cut FQ range in price from $3.00 to $5.00, perhaps more. One shop had a buy 4 get the 5th free once a month.

Canadian stores sell by the metre, but can cut by fractions of a yard. Most have two measuring strips on the table to accommodate customer needs.

Similarly, when I worked in delis, I knew what a quarter pound of sliced meat was in metric, our scale was only metric, so I would cut the the metric amount (114 g).

Jordan

I always look for the clearance bins and can get some good bargains if I like the fabrics. My LQS has a sale table that is $5.99 a yard and that is where I head when I first go in the shop. I don't mind paying that price.

meyert

I try to gage the price I am willing to pay based on what I am making. I look for a lot of sale prices and clearance. I know I don't want to get crappy material cause I don't want to put work into something that will not hold up. If I am getting fabric for about $9 it doesn't hurt me if I am making something special (for family or friends) my donation quilts I hit up yardsales and rummage sales for that fabric. That being said I have paid $12 a yard and it hurt but the fabric fit my plan and I was shopping in a local quilt shop and I like supporting them when I can

Dolphyngyrl

10 to 12 is the average I see and what I expect to pay for yardage. Yes sales are nice but it is what it is if we want shops in the future we have to be willing to pay what keeps them in business. Most have closed by me so now it's hard to shop for fabric because I like knowing what fabric looks and feels like before I buy and online is never what it looks like, colors are off alot making matching hard. I still enjoy online shopping for most notions and thinge but I wish more fabric shops stayed in business

zozee

Well, there's reasonable and then there's what I am willing to pay most of the time.

Reasonable at quilt shops near me seems to be 9.99-12.99/yd. Clearance prices are 50% off.

If I have a particular quilt in mind for a special someone or occasion, my upper limit is $11 for a focus fabric, and then I tend to pick out coordinating fabrics that are less than $8 if I can. For donation quilts or pillowcases, I don't like to pay more than $5/yd.