Cotton fabric costs are going up
04-29-2010, 06:47 PM
#52
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Originally Posted by studio-christine
fabric is already expensive in Australia....
$20+ per metre
hope it doesn't go up too much more
$20+ per metre
hope it doesn't go up too much more
You are looking at $25-$35 per metre, and $5-$8 per FQ up here in Qld, Christine. Expensive 'hobby', especially on a fixed income. Needless to say, my stash is minimal.
04-29-2010, 06:54 PM
#53
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After seeing Christine's, Aussie Quilter, email I no longer am complaining about our local shops where I have never found anything less than $13.00/mtr. Closest place where there are coupons is Joanne's which is at least 700 miles from where we live to the B.C. border and then on to that store....where ever it is. I have been paying definitely no less than 13.00/mtr. for years.
04-29-2010, 07:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Woodster
That's obscene. Why so much?
Probably because most fabrics are imported. Shipping costs, Customs duties/Sales Tax, charges by Customs Agents to clear the shipment, Distributors costs, LQS profits. The consumer ends up paying.
04-29-2010, 07:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Pollyv9
I know, I know, I'm repeating myself, but I still say I find some really nice fabrics in 100% cotton at thrift stores and garage sales. You can't get the yardage as in a shop, but you can find really beautiful fabrics! I bought a XXL red plaid men's cotton shirt at a garage sale Sat. for $.25 and 2 red plaid skirts at a thrift store last week for $.99 ea. One pleated skirt has almost 3 yards! The other is at least 1 1/2 yds around at the hem and is about 34" long. Lots of fabric for $2.25!
04-29-2010, 08:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Pollyv9
I know, I know, I'm repeating myself, but I still say I find some really nice fabrics in 100% cotton at thrift stores and garage sales. You can't get the yardage as in a shop, but you can find really beautiful fabrics! I bought a XXL red plaid men's cotton shirt at a garage sale Sat. for $.25 and 2 red plaid skirts at a thrift store last week for $.99 ea. One pleated skirt has almost 3 yards! The other is at least 1 1/2 yds around at the hem and is about 34" long. Lots of fabric for $2.25!
of fabric at the thrift shops , sometimes there like 4 yds are so on them and there's not a thing wrong with them.. Myself I'm not out to impress anyone with my quilts as I do it for a Hobby and the love of sewing , so I for one want worry about the price of fabric going up all I need is to haul it home and enjoy what I do.
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