After all of the talk about where to get less expensive fabric, I had to go to my favorite thrift shop and see what they had today. I was amazed to find quite a bit of quilting material--for very little--in the shop's linens section. I ended up buying 16 yards of material for $14, including a 3-yard piece of batik! The rest of the yardage was 3 big pieces of various small blue and white prints. They will be great for baby quilts and quilt backing. There was enough at the store to be selective--I even put back a few pieces. I also found some yardage at a different thrift store a few days ago. One other trick--about two years ago I bought a bunch of scrubs--tops and pants--at a thrift store and made a nurse friend a quilt out of those! It is amazing how much material is in a scrub top or pants--I bought way too many and had tons of fabric left over. Watch the labels--some of the tops are poly/cotton, so I picked out just cotton ones.