Vir

Count yourself fortunate. In Ontario, Canada, regular prices are $15 to $20 per metre (3 inches more than a yard).

jaly3162

I do buy fabric from quilt shops, but I buy it when it is on sale. There is a big difference in quality, but I do buy JoAnn's fabric too.

LynnVT

I am very lucky to have four good quilt shops around me. One a mile away, two about 12 miles from me, one north, one south, and another in New Hampshire about 15 miles away where there is no state sales tax. I am friendly with all the owners and none of them have yachts, nor do they drive expensive cars. They are good people who love their work, pay their local taxes and their employees. They all offer friendly, helpful service and I want them all to stay in business. Each store has a different look, different emphasis, and yes, prices have risen but they each have their sales and specials. So I shop them all for what I need, usually in small amounts and I always get encouragement and help with my projects from them. I also shop big chain store sales for batting sometimes, or notions with a coupon. It's hard when you're retired, so you have to pick and choose carefully, but I love the shopping experience and like to see and feel what I'm buying so I almost never shop online. Have you noticed the price of meat these days? And fresh veggies? The farmers aren't getting rich either, but that's how the world is. Everyone has a different outlook.

squires1042

Its not just the cost of the fabric it is also the cost of shipping especially for us here in Alaska. Trying to hold the price under 14 is gettingharder to do.

adamae

Nowadays, I buy fabric at Hancock's in No. Little Rock. On clearance table I have found fabric @ $1.59/yd, $1.99/yd and once bought some civil war fabric for $.89/yd....these were all high quality fabrics. I don't shop too often maybe once a month, but usually find a bargain.....don't go to quilt shops anymore. At a show a quilt shop owner said it is the freight that causes them to mark their products up so much.

DOTTYMO

In the UK we are already paying £13 for fabric. Some is even more. The wadding/batting is £15 per metre for warm and natural do our quilts are very expensive to make. Local quilt shop is selling off layer cake precuts at £22 per pack".
13$ is about £7 so you are very cheap.

countryblocks

I went to Joann's yesterday looking for fabric and even with the sale price it is expensive. More than I can afford so I didn't buy any.

sval

Thanks to whomever suggested Marshall's Dry Goods. Oh Wow. Now those are my kind of prices. Is the quality fairly good? Mostly I make charity quilts, but still want good fabric.
I can definitely find a lot of fabric to buy.

Quilt bank

LynnVT, I am travelling to Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont from Nova Scotia next week. Looking for suggestions for good quilt shops in Vermont that you would recommend. I am so excited I can barely sleep in anticipation of all the new fabrics I will see. We have one really good fabric shop here and prices aren't bad.

Sharonquilts

I primarily make lap quilts to donate to a local nursing home so $13/yard isn't in my budget. I am working on a bargello for myself and did pay $10-$12/yard for a few fabrics (needed 20 different fabrics) but I only needed1/2 yard. I usually shop our local Ben Franklin Crafts store. They always have tables of nice fabrics for $3.99, $5.99 and $7.99 a yard (flat folds). Their bolt fabrics run $10 and up. Also, Hancock Fabrics runs a 30%-50% sale frequently plus add'l coupons almost weekly. I've found Moda and Robert Kaufman fabrics at BF for $3.99 before. As much as I would like to support LQS's, it isn't practical for what I do.