$3 for fat quarter ?
#152
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Join Date: Mar 2011
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I agree with the British, Australian, Canadian and Swedish posters on this thread! If fat quarters here were $3 US, I'd consider them a real bargain!
Batiks here, for example, run about $25 to $30 a meter...which includes 17% sales tax, customs taxes and the mark-up the shop owner needs to stay in business.
I live in a country with ONE quilting shop. One. So I buy online or on trips, and I buy a lot of fat quarters just so I can have some variety in my stash, so that I know what is going on in the world of fabric, and because I really like to make quilts with lots of different fabrics. I also buy them to try a fabric out, as a border for example, before ordering a larger quantity.
I honestly don't mind paying $3 for a FQ, plus shipping (I try to buy enough fabric at a time to fill a flat rate envelope, which makes the shipping cost more reasonable) and try to find cool projects to use them in. I may end up buying a lot less fabric than quilters in the US, but if I want the joy and satisfaction of my hobby, it's the price I have to pay.
Batiks here, for example, run about $25 to $30 a meter...which includes 17% sales tax, customs taxes and the mark-up the shop owner needs to stay in business.
I live in a country with ONE quilting shop. One. So I buy online or on trips, and I buy a lot of fat quarters just so I can have some variety in my stash, so that I know what is going on in the world of fabric, and because I really like to make quilts with lots of different fabrics. I also buy them to try a fabric out, as a border for example, before ordering a larger quantity.
I honestly don't mind paying $3 for a FQ, plus shipping (I try to buy enough fabric at a time to fill a flat rate envelope, which makes the shipping cost more reasonable) and try to find cool projects to use them in. I may end up buying a lot less fabric than quilters in the US, but if I want the joy and satisfaction of my hobby, it's the price I have to pay.
#153
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Join Date: May 2011
Location: NC but now MS
Posts: 24
I have found that if I just buy a half yard, and keep a forth for myself, I always have a fat quarter for raffle at quild. Believe me, if you cut your own, you get a FAT QUARTER, and you do not always get that when they are pre-cut.
#159
I questioned the owner of a local quilt shop why her FQ had gone up to $2.75 and $3.25 for batiks. She said the prices she was paying at the wholesaler were up and she really was only adding a 10% raise and sometimes 5% to make up for it. She told me was paying $ 7-8 for a bolt of fabric that last year cost her $5-6. It just means our stashes are growing in value.
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