Originally Posted by Mary M
What is sad about all this is the price of cotton has gone up but not to warrant the $1. and more per yard we are being charged. Someone always has to tack on a big increase for themselves when the cost of cotton or anything else goes up.
Originally Posted by e4
Yes, cotton prices have gone up - and then went down again - at least a little bit. But the trend is up (30 cents per pound over the past year (2009-2010). Since a yard of quilting cotton usually weighs about 4-6 oz and to allow for some waste as the cotton is processed, the price increase means a 10-15 cents per yard increase. The roof is not falling in, but increasing like everything else.
When you consider that transoceanic freight costs have more than quadrupled in the last few years, is it any wonder the price of cotton (and everything else that comes from abroad) has gone up? I guess we can be glad that it's not worse than it is.