actually the only way to keep your fabric dept. and or maybe get it back at your store is to let walmart's corpporate hdquarters know that you are unhappy about losing this dept.It takes a village to raise a child! So it takes your area to let them know that you are loyal customers who would turn else where to shop! This is what it took here in 2 neighborhood walmart stores to keep them from phasing out their fabrics.Having places like foodmaxx and such right across the street from them also helped push the issue!!