When you buy fabric, how much do you consider to be "a lot"?
#11
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: kansas
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I used to just buy 2-3 yds of any fabric that i liked regardless of any ideas for using it. But this last year i have tried to limit it to just what is needed for a specific pattern. this is partly due to finances and partly to running out of space to store it!
#12
Hmmm. I don't really know.
My spending habits have changed lately. I buy mostly solids and blenders for backings and coordinates but buy some fabrics, just not as much. I'm really trying to use my stash more than I use to.
I don't really think of it in dollar amounts.
My spending habits have changed lately. I buy mostly solids and blenders for backings and coordinates but buy some fabrics, just not as much. I'm really trying to use my stash more than I use to.
I don't really think of it in dollar amounts.
#13
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Join Date: Feb 2015
Posts: 410
It's not unusual for me to spend $100 a visit. $200 would be a lot.
#16
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Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Sonoma County, CA
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For me, I think of "a lot" of fabric based on yardage, not based on amount spent. I found a bunch of fabrics at a thrift shop once, mostly 8 yd by 60" wide pieces of cotton apparel/lightweight home decor fabric that I bought mountains of to use for quilt backings. It was really inexpensive and I paid hardly anything, but considering the plastic bag I carried it out in nearly cut through my fingers from the weight, I say it was a "lot"! (I bought about 40 yards and still have about half of it!)
I also went a little crazy on my last trip to Hawaii...fabric prices are really very reasonable there, and I brought home 30 yards of various Hawaiian prints.
By contrast, if I pay a premium price and walk out with hardly any fabric, I don't feel like I 'bought a lot of fabric', I just feel like I spent a bunch of money.
I also went a little crazy on my last trip to Hawaii...fabric prices are really very reasonable there, and I brought home 30 yards of various Hawaiian prints.
By contrast, if I pay a premium price and walk out with hardly any fabric, I don't feel like I 'bought a lot of fabric', I just feel like I spent a bunch of money.
#18
If I hear "I bought a lot of fabric!" I think yardage. It may be due to me buying clearance, looking for sales, combining coupons, etc. I want to make a lot of donation quilts, so really try to keep the $/yard low (although still good quality).
I've seen the quilt shop my SIL really likes, and it's expensive! I could not afford to buy "a lot" there, although I could end up spending "a lot".
When I shop at Marshall's (online only, since I live too far) I tend to get a lot of their $1.99 fabrics for backing baby quilts, since they have so many bright colors on basic patterns! I'd be afraid of what I could spend on fabric there if I was able to see it all at once and didn't have to pay for shipping!
I've seen the quilt shop my SIL really likes, and it's expensive! I could not afford to buy "a lot" there, although I could end up spending "a lot".
When I shop at Marshall's (online only, since I live too far) I tend to get a lot of their $1.99 fabrics for backing baby quilts, since they have so many bright colors on basic patterns! I'd be afraid of what I could spend on fabric there if I was able to see it all at once and didn't have to pay for shipping!
#19
If I have a project in mind, I buy 2-3 yds of fabric of each color or pattern, then I have enough to piece the backing. If I am buying neutrals to use for backgrounds with fabric I already have, I usually will buy 5 yds. When I buy batiks, I tend to buy 2-3 yds.
#20
Junior Member
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Maryland
Posts: 255
For me good fabric in my area $10.50-$15 and I don't mind paying the cost. If there is something I really want and especially if I am at a quilt shop that I don't get to offend I get a 2 yards. I love FQ so I get half yard cuts. I don't purchase fabric as much from JoAnn's as they are cheap looking, but my best standby is Kona fabric which I love.
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