the right place

Try hardware stores. You don't want the metal screnning but the other type.

Mine was a class project some years ago. You're right, the prices today are INSANE! Just use the soft vinyl screening. A 70/11 needle. Wash-Away stabilizer very lightly sprayed with adhesive (don't want to dissolve the stabilizer). Mark where you want your design and press the screen onto the stabilizer. Hoop both of them. EmbLib showed some beautiful screen totes in their tutorial that I saved but I couldn't find the tutorial in their Projects section now.

I've seen it in pre-cut rolls in big places like Home Depot & Lowes, also Valu Home Center, Ace, or True Value Hardware. Lots of the smaller hardware stores that will actually fix your screens for you sell it by the foot off the roll, so you can get as much as you want or need. The pet screen is more expensive, because it's much heavier vinyl, but it's practically indestructible. If it's going to get real, hard use, go for the pet screen. If it's more for "show", like to take on a cruise & be cute, you could use the lighter weight vinyl screening. Hugs, Marji

I have purchased black petscreen at Wal-mart. I think it was about $10 a roll. Hope this helps, Susan

O.K., I don't know what your going to use it for, but Jo-ann's has a screen that is called heavy scrubbie, $2.49 a yard and in many colors. If I can get my daughter to take a picture of it, I will put it on here. I brought a lime and sunshine. Hope this helps. It is suppose to be for scrubbies, but it is way to heavy.

Here are a few places online that sell the colored Pet sreen to embroider on and make Totes out of.
Links below.
dandbenterprises has 2 types of the colored screen -Pet Screening and Pet Screening Plus.
Sold by 1/2 yard cuts or more
They have been selling the Pet Screening for a very long time.
On the Erica link scroll down the page to see the Pet screening they sell. She has patterns on the top part of the page for Totes made out of pet screen.

EastWitch2

Main page link for dandbenterprise that sell pet screeing.
Click on the link below and then click on Sewing Products and the 2 types of pet screen are listed on the page. click on Each Pet Screening and Pet Screening Plus to see what they have.
EastWitch2

Fabric depot links for Pet Screen it is under the Craft and Gifts section tab is at the top of the main page
Links below