Be grateful for our relatively inexpensive fabric in the US
03-18-2011, 04:14 PM
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Do you have thrift stores that sell recycled fabrics in The Netherlands, Australia, etc.? By the way, in The Netherlands you may have expensive fabrics but you have the best AIRPORT that I've ever seen (Schipol) in Amsterdam!! Having that hotel that you can rent space in on a layover without leaving the airport is simply amazing!!! Now if we could just get you some inexpensive fabrics...
03-18-2011, 04:17 PM
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Originally Posted by lue
Do you have thrift stores that sell recycled fabrics in The Netherlands, Australia, etc.? By the way, in The Netherlands you may have expensive fabrics but you have the best AIRPORT that I've ever seen (Schipol) in Amsterdam!! Having that hotel that you can rent space in on a layover without leaving the airport is simply amazing!!! Now if we could just get you some inexpensive fabrics...
Too bad I don't use it as much as I use my fabrics LOL
So far I haven't found any quiltfabric in thrift stores. They sometimes do have some table cloth and/or sheets , but not that good ornice that I wanted to buy them . I do look for them, because , a quilter never kn ows when she might get lucky .... :-)
03-18-2011, 04:37 PM
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Originally Posted by dollycaswell
I'm visiting in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Ladies.....the quilting fabric here is about $21.00 per meter, which is only 3 inches more than a yard! That's the cheap fabric. The reproduction "Dutch prints" which are absolutely gorgeous are about $40-45.00 per meter! I honestly don't know how anyone here could afford to quilt. That's in US dollars, it's about 30 euros per meter or 13-15 euros per meter for the cheap fabric. Fat quarters are 7 euros which is about $10 for a fat quarter!! Be very, very grateful for our prices in the US. I can't wait to get home!
03-18-2011, 04:50 PM
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Originally Posted by jitkaau
Originally Posted by dollycaswell
I'm visiting in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Ladies.....the quilting fabric here is about $21.00 per meter, which is only 3 inches more than a yard! That's the cheap fabric. The reproduction "Dutch prints" which are absolutely gorgeous are about $40-45.00 per meter! I honestly don't know how anyone here could afford to quilt. That's in US dollars, it's about 30 euros per meter or 13-15 euros per meter for the cheap fabric. Fat quarters are 7 euros which is about $10 for a fat quarter!! Be very, very grateful for our prices in the US. I can't wait to get home!
03-18-2011, 05:37 PM
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Originally Posted by dollycaswell
I'm visiting in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Ladies.....the quilting fabric here is about $21.00 per meter, which is only 3 inches more than a yard! That's the cheap fabric. The reproduction "Dutch prints" which are absolutely gorgeous are about $40-45.00 per meter! I honestly don't know how anyone here could afford to quilt. That's in US dollars, it's about 30 euros per meter or 13-15 euros per meter for the cheap fabric. Fat quarters are 7 euros which is about $10 for a fat quarter!! Be very, very grateful for our prices in the US. I can't wait to get home!
At the IQF in Houston, Texas last year, there were some European fabrics in the blue,yellow, red and they were expensive...Don't know how much per yard but I just know that compared to what we have here, they were very costly!!
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