Anyone remember House of Fabrics?

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07-19-2019, 02:06 PM

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gale

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We had House of Fabrics and Cloth World. That was in Riverside, California.

07-19-2019, 03:59 PM

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QuiltnLady1

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My Grandmother made pillow cases and crocheted around them and the fabric had to come from Penny's. I would buy remnants at the department stores to make my formals since the fabric was always discounted more than 50%. I did shop House of Fabrics for fabric for my kids clothes and the left overs from all of those found there way into quilts.

07-20-2019, 06:30 AM

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fairydawn

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I remember House of Fabrics and SoFro! Also had Fenstmacher's, which was a favorite of my mom's. We shopped at Wurzburgs in the downtown area of Grand Rapids too. Great memories!

07-20-2019, 08:29 AM

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WendyMcD

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Yes please! We live 1 hour from the nearest town, we had a JoAnn's and House of Fabrics... they closed and I was there for their sale. It's so sad when stores close and nothing replaces it. Our JoAnn's is dinky and there are no quilting store here. I have to go the other way 1 hour and there's a JoAnn's (still small) But there's LQS there so it's all good.

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07-20-2019, 03:31 PM

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bakermom

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Quote:

Originally Posted by SusieQOH

I think it was called So-Fro in Ohio. I used to shop there when my kids were little.

Yes, one mall had both Joann Fabrics and So Fro, the other Singer and Joanns. Also Montgomery Wards and J.C. Penney sold fabric and sewing machines, Sears sold machines but I don't recall much as far as fabrics.
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