Good luck, Bermuda. I hope that you'll find all the supplies at reasonable prices. Be careful with the staplers. They can be dangerous. Do you have space for all the equipment? Even if you were to purchase the wall mounted mat cutter for $1000 you'd almost recoup that money with 6 or 7 projects. The shops that I have had items framed at charged an arm and a leg. I'm almost tempted to contact a frame shop in Montana and send all my stuff there. She was great. Our lives are getting more and more complicated. robertsgunshop makes some good points. Although I have to say that my experiences with Hobby Lobby were just plain awful. So was our Joann's, it closed several months ago.
I've been searching for fabric today from R&R Reproductions and could not find it. The pattern was published in 2005, maybe they no longer have it. It calls for 28 ct, all I could find was 30 ct. I hope that the pattern is correct. I ordered 28 ct from ECS, it's a different manufacturer and color and I hope that it will look okay. Heaven knows I don't need more fabric. The colors on the internet are so misleading, it's difficult when you have to substitute. I have too much invested in this hobby to give it up. Besides I love it. I gravitate to ever larger projects now.
jclifford did some framing too but she now rarely participates.
Oh, what will you do for glass or do you plan on using the mats to adjust the project to the size of the ready made frames?