Cotton Prices... Good News
#71
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Posts: 345
Originally Posted by ManiacQuilter2
That is great if they pass it on..... Has anybody noticed how the price of gas climbs faster than it drops??? :)
#73
Originally Posted by IrishNY
I read today that cotton prices have fallen dramatically. It was $.95 a pound before it began climbing, went as high as $2.15 and has now fallen back to $1.25.
The article said that the price of cotton fabric is dropping. Good news for us!! :thumbup:
The article said that the price of cotton fabric is dropping. Good news for us!! :thumbup:
#74
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 1,152
Somebody's been growing, picking in abundance or the fabric manufacturer's realized their mistake. I'll still wait a while before I buy new.
Still like my thrift store purchases. Needed soft white fabric for the bac k of a crib quilt, went to SA bought a Cotton Percale king size flat sheet for $2.00. Very soft and cuddly.
Still like my thrift store purchases. Needed soft white fabric for the bac k of a crib quilt, went to SA bought a Cotton Percale king size flat sheet for $2.00. Very soft and cuddly.
#76
Originally Posted by Zhillslady
Hopefully the quilt shops haven't ordered their Christmas and fall fabrics yet. Unfortunately if they purchased at higher prices they won't be able to sell back at old prices.
99% of quilt fabrics are printed in China and Korea, add to that the overseas cotton supply problem with floods and drought, and we have an uncertain market for the future. The US is not a player anymore, sad to say.
We just need to remind ourselves what our quilting sisters in AU and Europe pay, that will make us feel better ! :roll:
#78
Originally Posted by mynana12
My Dad was a cotton farmer, for forty yrs. My husband ,for twenty yrs, until the price of cotton dropped. He could no longer pay the high fuel prices to produce the crop. He was forced to find another source of income. No one seems understands the cost to produce a crop, plus weather(drought), insects. In Texas,its to dry to even plant the seed.So, that will make our fabric even more costly, for several yrs.
#79
Originally Posted by IrishNY
I read today that cotton prices have fallen dramatically. It was $.95 a pound before it began climbing, went as high as $2.15 and has now fallen back to $1.25.
The article said that the price of cotton fabric is dropping. Good news for us!! :thumbup:
The article said that the price of cotton fabric is dropping. Good news for us!! :thumbup:
#80
Originally Posted by IrishNY
I read today that cotton prices have fallen dramatically. It was $.95 a pound before it began climbing, went as high as $2.15 and has now fallen back to $1.25.
The article said that the price of cotton fabric is dropping. Good news for us!! :thumbup:
The article said that the price of cotton fabric is dropping. Good news for us!! :thumbup:
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