Quilt shops has gotten to expesnsive for me on a fixed incomebut I have a large stash as I always bought when I was working so am thankful for that right now I only buy what I need to finish a project and yes I do believe it will continue to go up as the shop owners has large overhead prices with utilities etc. plus all the fabric designers out there to many middle men and in our are we are seeing lots of shops go out of business young people raising families can no longer afford fabric and when I raided mine was cheaper to make clothes than buy them but not true anymore