Our Walmart never lost the fabric dept either & some of their fabric is decent. Some is not, but the same could be said for Joann's too. The people in the WM fabric dept are nice too & I haven't had any bad experiences waiting forever to have things cut. Most of it was priced at $4.97/yd. The solid flannel I bought was $3.50- I washed it & it's fine. I see a lot of posts on here for fabric at WM priced $1 & $2/yd but I have never seen it that low at ours. It must depend on the manager or buyer for that particular store.