Originally Posted by
illinois
Most of the WalMart stores are like this apparently and I've heard some, even in larger cities, don't even have a fabric dept any more. I was told--total rumor--that it was Mrs. Sam Walton who insisted the fabric depts would remain in the stores but, after her passing, the "boys" didn't understand the needs of women and I think we can all attest that the fabric stock changed. I noticed that blenders and the white on white/ecru on ecru were gone.
I used to buy a lot of my fabrics at Walmart. As you say, they had wonderful blenders and even some hand-dyes and batiks. And I could sneak fabric into the house without DH seeing a credit charge for JA or LQS. No more. Most of what they have now fell off the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down.