Originally Posted by jljack
My friends and I do buy fabric at WalMart, and have found it to be fine for lots of "drag around" quilts for kids, varous gift quilts and even household utilitarian items. If you watch what you buy you can find some good deals on very decent fabric. I am not ashamed to say I buy fabric at WalMart...who's with me!!
I buy fabric at Wal-Mart as well as speciality stores and online. I can afford to splurge some of the time. My Mother however is 85 and on a fixed income and makes at least 10 quilts each year and quilting is her main motivation for living. When they closed her fabric department in Alabama she cried and said she had to give it up. I bought her 200.00 of material and went to work looking for another Wal-mart that had not closed their store and found one between me and my Mother. I hope they do not close this one and ask
Please sign this petition so there will be some open so people who do not have a choice can still continue with the craft and artform of quilting because it feed the heart of people who love it.