I don't really think about the cost of making a quilt. If I find a pattern I really like and vision the fabrics to use for it and find them...or something that will work that suits me....then it's a "quilt". I'm sorry, but if you have to think that it's so terribly over priced then maybe you don't value your work as I do mine. I will not cut quality on my quilts with the fabrics. I may change my mind for a lower cost fabric that will still give me the same results, but I don't buy "cheap" fabric. I do end up selling most of mine, but not all. Those I don't sell make very nice gifts (that I'm not ashamed of putting my name on) or even donation quilts ( that I'm not ashamed of putting my name on). I know that the work and the fabric is "quality" stuff!