So, I went to our local walmart tonight and asked the lady in the fabric dept (that I have come to know well) about the $5 bolts of fabric and she said she has never heard of it and doesn't know why walmart would do something like that. I asked if it was possible that it was the walmarts that were closing the fabric dept and she said it might be, but that the head office told all of them that the fabric dept in this walmart was staying. I noticed lots of new bolts of fabric and they are now carrying pillowcase kits for $8.