Fabric buying is an art. We all know this much is true. After the first fabric purchase that left you hating your machine, your fabric, your pattern, your life, we vowed to change. To learn more about fabric, textiles, hand, give, stretch, body, oh so much to know about fabric. Sadly so much cannot be learned on the internet or in books. Good ole trial and error lead to making fabric buying online or in store successful! I’ve blogged about this before. I’ll blog about it tomorrow too. This fabric buying blog deserves a series. I believe many need this information. I know when I started into the wonderful/ not so wonderful world of fabric I needed all the information and help out there!
My number one complaint is always and will always be, the PRICE! Yeah, I am a penny pincher and love seeing my money go as far as it can. With fabric, it’s more than just a game of odds, it’s a studied, planned out, adventure. Pack the most product into my measly dollars as humanly possible. This is usually the moment I pull out the local store weekly ads, the online stores I frequent, and get down to the nitty gritty with pricing. I realize sometimes inexpensive fabric really fares well against competition sometimes. I’ve also found the reverse to be true.
One of my first considerations on deciding which retailer shall receive my money is past experiences. I’ve ordered from places online and will never order from them again. It’s not even about their product. I never saw it. They order took to long to ship. Are you listening retailers? TIME is so important to us! Timely order processing and shipping are our top priorities.
Next I look at shipping and coupons/discounts. I refuse to pay shipping unless it’s something I think I may die without. Then I make sure to purchase enough fabric that the shipping is less than 50 cents per yard. Coupons for local stores are HUGE! Bigger than big…the deciding factor of staying home to shop or venturing out into 100+ degree heat. If I’m leaving my house……DEALS better be plenty!
More than deals though, I want to ENJOY! Stay tuned, more on this topic tomorrow. I’ve barely gotten started. ENJOY yourself.