Originally Posted by Daisydoodle
Sounds good. One woman said she heard that "if" they reopen it will be a "super JoAnne's". Seems that in other parts of the country they have started making larger stores. We will wait and see, meantime, sewing season is upon us for the holidays. Will trip into Hobby Lobby to see what is available. Using their coupons helps with batting.
The Joann's close to my home closed several years ago. The Hancocks all over Michigan closed many years ago. That leaves me with an LQS with a very bad rep & a "SUPER Joann's about 15 miles away. The only thing 'super' about the store is all the NON-fabric/sewing merchandise that they stock! I can even buy a flower pot there!? & baby socks!? But they cut down on their calico's which really disappointed me. Now we have a Hobby Lobby about 30 miles away but I didn't think much about the quality of their fabrics. I agree with buying fabric online. I bought some for my DH quilt & it was supposed to be 45" wide but after removing selvedges, was actually 41"!! Needless to say, I had to piece the back! I was furious! It was quite expensive, too! Most of the WalMart's have discontinued fabrics & I noticed that their prices went up & quality went down! Some of the same fabric I bought at Joann's was .50-$1.00 more /yd at WalMArt! I was shocked! I go to another QS & buy their 'sale' or remnant fabrics. They put 2-2 1/2 yds in a 'remnant!! WOW But they are about 35-40 miles away. just can't win! ;-)