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Jana
True Blue Farmgirl

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Jana
Eau Claire Wisconsin
USA
482 Posts

Posted - Jun 30 2005 :  12:35:25 PM  Show Profile
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

Clare
True Blue Farmgirl

2173 Posts


NC WA State
USA
2173 Posts

Posted - Jun 30 2005 :  12:52:30 PM  Show Profile
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****

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jpbluesky
True Blue Farmgirl

6066 Posts

Jeannie
Florida
USA
6066 Posts

Posted - Jun 30 2005 :  4:19:47 PM  Show Profile
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

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