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I know this might not be the same everywhere, but the local Walmart had all their pre-cuts on clearance. Most were already gone but there were some half yard batiks left for 75 cents. Yea! I picked up the few they had left.
There were also stash starters, jelly rolls, etc marked down. But the stash samples were marked down the most.
The batiks appear to be the same that Walmart occasionally carried, and I have been happy with in the past.
The Walmart flyer for the Phoenix area advertised fabric and sewing items ... for selected stores. Mine has a minimal sewing and craft section with a token cutting table. This is new in the past year. I'm not sure it will be a "selected" store. But Walmart seems to be moving in the right direction.
They brought back their fabric departments in IL!!!!
WOW!!!! Lucky you. I don't know where you live in Ill. but at all of the Wal-mart's in my area, there are three locally, the fabric and yarn departments are awful. I think I have more material and yarn in my own stash than all of their merchandise combined.Originally Posted by judytudy
Our WalMart has an awesome fabric department. The people who work in the department are the reason. They work hard to keep the fabric lines together and neatly bolted. The fabric choices are great. I have been purchasing lots of fabric from there lately and my fellow quilters cannot believe it came from WalMart.
Aurora
"A dying culture invariably exhibits personal rudeness. Bad manners. Lack of consideration for others in minor matters. A loss of politeness, of gentle manners, is more significant than is a riot." -Robert A. Heinlein
Our WalMart fabric dept never has anyone that works in that area and I'm usually on my lunch break. They do have Waverly fabric for $3.97 that is very nice and I try to buy it when someone will cut it. If I could figure out how to run the scanner I would cut an scan the fabric myself.
Oh, do I know the feeling! I am so tempted to at least cut my own fabric! The department in our two Wal-Marts is not regularly manned, either, and so some poor soul trying to stock groceries gets called to cut....and often knows nothing about it. I so often want to say "here, let me show you," but I don't, of course.
Having said all that, Wal-Mart often has some very nice fabric, the same you find in Jo-Ann's, and less expensive. And their fat quarters are always 97 cents (in the stores here, anyway), compared to $2.25 or more at Jo-Ann's.
I gave couple of the gals at Walmart my phone number. They text me if they're on duty. When it's the end of the bolt they give a discount. We share ideas for crafts, tips and tricks. Also on FB.
I was told by the manager in my local store that they would get fired if they call customers about fabric. Won't hold if you call, but they have full coverage in fabrics till 11 pm.
I have done that. The fabric dept used to be back by the automotive dept and 3 times in the last 15? years some poor kid from that dept comes over. I try to help him out, keeping it as a teaching moment, that maybe he'll use again in the future.
At the time I thought I had kids that age, he doesn't WANT to be here and I hope if I ever end up a customer in the auto dept, he will be as kind to me.
You know that feeling when you've finished all your quilting projects and your studio is perfectly clean???? Me neither.
It's not how fast you sew, it's how well you sew fast! Wait, I think that's supposed to be MOW!
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