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By the time you figure the fabric cost, pattern cost (
! Wow! Those suckers are EXPENSIVE now!!), notions (thread, buttons, zippers, elastic, interfacing) and miscellaneous items like machine needles, marking chalk, fray stop, and items that need to be replaced periodically like buttonhole knives, scissors, etc. you can be looking at quite a bit of money. It really IS cheaper sometimes to buy premade, which is why
ebay is my favorite online store! I can look through many categories / types of clothing, check measurements, and find items not available in my area for a FRACTION of what the poorly made, low quality stuff that can be found everywhere goes for. I've had a few misses with it, but those I've either listed and sold myself, or taken to a consignment store. I've got a whole chest of drawers full of fabric, and many brand new patterns that are on my "one of these days" project lists. I am like the other poster that referred to herself as a "fabric collector".