Originally Posted by ClairVoyantQuilter
Incidently . . .JoAnn's USED to be called ClothWorld before changing their name. There's a reason that name was changed . . .to take the emphasis off sewing supplies . . .
Actually, at one time there were three major store chains - Joanns, Hancocks and Cloth World. IMHO Cloth World had the better fabric. Then Joanns bought out Cloth World and Hancocks had the best fabrics. Now you can sometimes find good fabric at Joanns and Hancocks but no always.
I wish there was a fabric store that had the 'Cloth World' mentality - great quality, good price, and great helpful, knowledgable staff. I used to work at Cloth World and you HAD to be a sewer. General help was not hired for Cloth World. You had to be able to understand and actually have intelligent information for the customers.
Not anymore anywhere - sometimes not even the quilt shops. Last time I bought any fabric at Joanns (all of it was the high end stuff) the girl that was cutting was more interested in texting on her phone rather than actually doing her job. After I got home, I contacted the manager, district manager and corporate to let them know the quality of people they were hiring. They said that they were having a hard time finding qualified people - I don't think so in this economy.
Anyway - just my 2 cents worth.