I remember House of Fabrics. Way back when I was a kid doing 4-H sewing, I spent many hours in House of Fabrics and JoAnns. I was sad too when they went out because choices of fabrics in our area was cut in half at that point. It didn't take long after that for the quality of JoAnn's fabric to become horrible. I don't know what I would do now if I was sewing garments - the fabric quality and selection at JoAnn's in bad. You can't even find pretty wool/wool blends anymore there.