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| Jana |
Posted - Jun 30 2005 : 12:35:25 PM
I think I may have read it on another topic board. But I'm a bit confused as to why the lack of American made quilting fabric on the market? I see fabric of all different price points manufactured in other countries. I try to buy as much as I can made in the US, not just fabric, but everything we use and wear, but it seems to be getting more difficult all the time. I just can't justify purchasing fabric at 8.00 per yard at a quilt shop that hasn't been made here. I'm not getting a deal and I'm certain the workers who made it are not getting paid fairly.
Maybe this is too hot a topic, but I just needed to give my 2 cents worth. 
Jana |
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| jpbluesky |
Posted - Jun 30 2005 : 4:19:47 PM
Taking production overseas is definitely cost effective now, due to unions and labor laws in the USA. So sad but so true. Offshore production is a fact of life, labor can be had at pennies per hour in other countries, and it will probably the undoing of America.
jpbluesky
Heartland girl |
| Clare |
Posted - Jun 30 2005 : 12:52:30 PM
I think the WTO had a lot to do with almost nothing being manufactured in the US. Cheap labor and next to no overhead is the reason. 
****Gardener, Stitcher, Spiritual Explorer and Appreciator of all Things Natural****
"Begin to weave and God will give the thread." - German Proverb |
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