What is a fair price of fabric?
I found all of them at Missouri Quilting Company though. Grand total is $85, give or take some.
01-09-2012, 07:16 AM
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A local quilt shop just went out of business - they started out at 30% off - then 40% off and then 50% off. I bought some fabric at every discount. The last time that I went (50% off) I heard the owner tell a relative that he was now at COST. So, if the fabric is $10 a yard - that means that it cost them $5 a yard. A $5 a yard profit seems excessive to me.
01-09-2012, 09:01 AM
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I personally did not like the fabric at Hobby Lobby but whatever suits your fancy is what you go with. Make sure the fabrics you buy does not have an odor and is of good quality if you buy from a fabric store.
01-09-2012, 01:49 PM
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did you notice the width of the fabric? my lqs carries wide goods (108"-118") which range from $13.95 up to $18.95 a yard---which is reasonable-since you only need 3- 3 1/2 yds to back a quilt- could be the (shocking) price was on a wide fabric.
in the lqs's around here fabrics range from $7.95 on up to about $12.95- depending on the fabric-
you could join the (fabshophop) and visit over a hundred on line shops and find a vast range of prices-and selections. it pays to shop around- i spend about 1/2 of my quilting $$ at my lqs and the other 1/2 on line shopping....out of the on-line percentage- 85-90% is spent at fabric.com the other 10-15% is spent at random shops.
in the lqs's around here fabrics range from $7.95 on up to about $12.95- depending on the fabric-
you could join the (fabshophop) and visit over a hundred on line shops and find a vast range of prices-and selections. it pays to shop around- i spend about 1/2 of my quilting $$ at my lqs and the other 1/2 on line shopping....out of the on-line percentage- 85-90% is spent at fabric.com the other 10-15% is spent at random shops.
01-09-2012, 01:56 PM
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50% markup is about average
A local quilt shop just went out of business - they started out at 30% off - then 40% off and then 50% off. I bought some fabric at every discount. The last time that I went (50% off) I heard the owner tell a relative that he was now at COST. So, if the fabric is $10 a yard - that means that it cost them $5 a yard. A $5 a yard profit seems excessive to me.
01-09-2012, 02:00 PM
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I have purchased some fabric from connectingthreads.com recently and love it. Very good quality and inexpensive...between $4.96-$6.96 a yard. I also shop at my local joanns & hobby lobby. If i can't find what I want I head to my lqs.
01-09-2012, 02:45 PM
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You can find some good fabric online at any number of online sites at reasonable prices. I like fabric depot, fabric.com, Connecting Threads and even Hancock Fabrics. I've gotten good fabric at reasonable prices. If you shop Connecting Threads don't ignore their clearance, i've gotten some nice fabric through there.
01-09-2012, 03:21 PM
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A local quilt shop just went out of business - they started out at 30% off - then 40% off and then 50% off. I bought some fabric at every discount. The last time that I went (50% off) I heard the owner tell a relative that he was now at COST. So, if the fabric is $10 a yard - that means that it cost them $5 a yard. A $5 a yard profit seems excessive to me.
That's not the actual profit though. From that $5 bucks a yard subtract building rent, heating and cooling, phone, multiple taxes, insurance, advertising, internet access, web site hosting, employee wages if you have any, etc, etc. After you subtract all your expenses then you find out what your actual profit or loss is.
One of my friends had a quilt store. Her first year income was about $70,000.00. She lost $1200.00. And she did not take a dime in wages nor did she have outside employees.
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