It will be interesting to see what happens here. Iowa City has a JoAnn's, with a few smaller quilt shops in surrounding communities (mine included). I personally did not care for the IC JoAnn's (long before I even had a shop), but I know a lot of quilters frequented them often to get the necessities. One wonders how the quality of items will fare, if at all, since the new corporation has its fingers in so many non-quilting ventures.
Christine