Wide backing, Oh my gosh
11-11-2015, 07:42 AM
#21
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Join Date: Mar 2011
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Take a look at Hamels Fabrics in Chilliwack BC. http://www.hamelsfabrics.com/ They have a decent selection of wide backings, ranging from about $16-25 a metre. Every first weekend of the month they have a 20% off yardage sale, you can sign up for their email newsletter. I've stopped ordering from the US as well, a magazine subscription I recently renewed the price was converted at 1.37 on my credit card.
11-11-2015, 09:21 AM
#25
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Join Date: Jun 2011
Posts: 965
There is a quilting fabric website.....based in Ft McMurray that has great selections of wide backs and lots of canadiana type fabrics. Free shipping at $150.00, pretty good prices
http://www.clotheslinequiltsandhandi...abric_c_8.html
http://www.clotheslinequiltsandhandi...abric_c_8.html
11-11-2015, 09:59 PM
#28
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Join Date: Jul 2012
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I experimented this year - no Fabricland membership and I would do all my shopping at the LQS or elsewhere if I needed something the LQS didn't have. I went into FL once - I needed some bra hardware and the other shop I could have used was out of stock. All in all - I haven't felt a void.
My new policy is to not reward bad behaviour and the way that FL jacks prices up so they can provide members with "deals" and "sales" is "screaming temper tantrum in the toy aisle" bad behaviour. That's 1950s car sales, not a business who wants to keep customers in the Internet age. My wide backs come from the LQS or the studio where my LA came from - I never pay more than $25 (retail) per meter and usually $20 or under.
My new policy is to not reward bad behaviour and the way that FL jacks prices up so they can provide members with "deals" and "sales" is "screaming temper tantrum in the toy aisle" bad behaviour. That's 1950s car sales, not a business who wants to keep customers in the Internet age. My wide backs come from the LQS or the studio where my LA came from - I never pay more than $25 (retail) per meter and usually $20 or under.
11-12-2015, 05:40 AM
#29
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Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Posts: 1,012
Another vote for the on-line shop, thousandsofbolts.com. Their backing is about $15 US per yard, and I know they ship to Canada. Hundreds of selections of backing and great customer service.
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