I get lots of fabric at estate sales, but also at Joann and Walmart. At Joann I use coupons and shop the red dot area. At both of these shops, I never pay more than $3/yard. I do, rarely, shop at eQuilter.com and that's another story -- but those fabrics are for art quilts that are sold. Batting - I only buy at Michael's and use the 50% off coupons -- I have a huge stockpile of cotton and poly batting in queen size and I've never, ever paid more than $7.