How Cheap is Cheap?

How inexpensive is cheap…really?

What is the total cost from make to waste?

What is the total cost for you?

I have wasted so much money over the years on cheap…cheaper made, cheaper materials, cheaper design. If I had only been more patient and waited until I could buy the quality item of better made, better materials, better design… and it would last! One dollar here, five dollars there…the stuff eventually ends up in the landfill.

This is one reason why when I buy quilt fabrics, I only buy good quality cotton fabrics from a good designer and mill. Why waste my time thinking up, designing, cutting it out, sewing it together and finally quilting it to give to someone and then the fabric fades, shrinks, wiggles into a different shape, pills, and gets all rough from wear and tear…it isn’t worth it!

This principle applies to any craft – woodworking, plastering, painting, cooking, even gardening. Yes, and automobiles and homebuilding. If we pay for quality, we’ll have quality that will last for maybe generations. It will be valuable because of its worth and workmanship, and others can benefit from its making.

No trashman or landfill needed here…only enduring quality products.

Take a second look at the cost of ‘cheap’.