I cannot believe we have one here
 

[HR][/HR][HR][/HR]We have a new "Hobby Lobby" here and it is so nice. The first dept. I went to was of course the fabrics. They have a nice assortment of fabric and accessories. I'm sure I will be shopping there quite often.

I also got a nice surprise the other day when I walked into JoAnn's. You could have knocked me over with a feather. The store had been completely renovated. Everything had been moved around, the cutting table, registers, etc. They also added two more registers. It looked completely different, like a brand new store. All I can say is its about time. Nothing has been done to it since it opened years ago. It will surely be a pleasure to shop there.

Competition will do that...now you have two new stores...enjoy!

I love out Hobby Lobby, our Joann's moved to a new store last year and I don't like it....the fabric and stuff is on high walls now so you can't see around anything, like in a grocery store, you have to go up and down aisles...I still shop there but don't like it!!!!

Luce, where do you live in Louisiana ? I am in Baton Rouge, across the street from Hancocks' on Florida.

I"m about to lose mine. it's on 120th street now and moving to 144th and the Interstate. I may drive there and may not. maybe I'll frequent the small quilt store in town more if I can afford to.

I have Joanns and Hobby Lobby - I preferred the old Joann's - stuff was easier to see. like someone else said stuff is wayyy up high and hard to see and too much walking. I never thought I'd tire walking around a fabric store but other than the yarn from time to time I really dont like walking through the other stuff and mine keeps mixing stuff around from time to time. but I'll deal since the alternative is NO Joann's...but they did get rid of good managers who actually knew sewing/quilting and brought in educated master's degrees with a business focus :-( and Hobby Lobby has some bad managers too in my area but hey they have fabric. I think they used to carry more but they claim the new shelves aren't smaller but I KNOW I used to find different stuff - more cottons - than I do now.

I just wish that even with the extra register, they would have enough employees to man the stations during their big sales. I get so tired of standing in these long lines.

I was just talking about this on Facebook last night. I live in an area with a population of 500,000. The ONLY fabric stores we have is Joann's, Bolts in the Bathtub (LQS) and a tiny one in one of our Walmarts (we have 4 of those!) I have to drive an hour to hour and a half to Bakersfield or Burbank to go to a Hobby Lobby. Even then there aren't very many LQS down there. :(

I love Hobby Lobby fabrics and use it often.

I remember when Hobby Lobby's needlework section was like walking through an art gallery. Every needlepoint kit had an complete example of it framed and on display. The quilting notions and tools were of every brand. There was nothing you couldn't find there for quilting or stitching. The company now only carries a few brands of notions and did away with the stitching samplers. I always went there to see what was new. Now it's the same thing each time.

I'm not crazy about the "HOBBY LOBBY" we have. Not much fabric and I know of a gal who works in another dept. of the store. She's an excellent seamstress and quilter. Doesn't make sense since the gals in the fabric section only know how to cut the fabric and will tell you if they are unsure of a product. I rarely go there.

We are getting a Harbor Freight, it is 40 min. away. I'm as happy about it as my husband.

I go to Joann fabrics when I must. As we travel in summer I have visited many. They all seem to be short staffed. Now they sell fabrics as costly as $13-14 per yd. the better coupons are rarely usable since they often have a sale of 25 or 30% off. It's frustrating! I like Hobby Lobby better but they don't have everything.

Don't disparage what you do have. At least, you don't have to drive an hour or more to get to a JoAnnes, or many hours to get to the one Hobby Lobby in your state.

My first thought also. Competition is good for the customer!

Hey Mousk
 

Which Walmart has fabric? I usually do Bfld instead of your way just in case I have time for some fabric. Three boys don't usually leave me much time. (I'm in Stallion) I did go to the quilt show at the fairgrounds a couple years ago. Small but some nice stuff!

Be careful of Harbor Freight - they may have great prices but most of their stuff is sub-standard. My husband bot a nozzle sprayer for the pressure washer. Worked fine twice. 3rd time the pressure blew the nozzle across the garage. Good thing the car and no little kids were in the way. Took it back for refund/replacement. No receipt/no return! It was a Harbor Freight product with their NAME on it. DUH! You get what you pay for! Long lines and lack of employees are typical of JoAnn's. And I have pretty much been in most of them up and down the California, Oregon and Washington west coast borders.... as we travel 4 months in winter.... I like Hobby Lobby but don't have one here YET!! Happy Quilting!

I live on Long Island and have never set foot in a Hobby Lobby...I have heard so much good about them. I wish they would come my way!!

Hobby Lobby is one of my favorites. If you can't find what you need there then it probably doesn't exist. Our Hobby Lobby is about to make a move to a larger building, and closer to my house; this can be a good thing or my DH's worst nightmare. Jo-Anns is a great store and competition is healthy and a boon to us as consumers. While we are on that subject has anyone else noticed that some of the fabrics designed specifically for Jo-Ann's fabrics are sometimes very flimsy?

The only Walmart left that has it is the one in Palmdale on 10th Street West. There isn't a lot but there is some. :) I also like Hancock's in Bflsd also. The store is a bit of a mess but the ladies there are super helpful and nice. There is a LQS there but I haven't been to it yet. I have a friend in Stallion and my SIL is in Golden Hills :)

As an FYI, if your local Walmart does not carry fabric, they do sell it online with free shipping over $50.00 and good prices on rotary blades.

Love Hobby Lobby in spite of the bad press.

I remember that! I had forgotten about the Cross Stitch kits already done above the kits I guess I forgot about them when I stopped cross stitching years ago.

I used to love to shop in Hobby Lobby but I will not give them my business any more. I do not think a business is a person. Nuff said.

I agree with you, carolynjo, will not shop at Hobby Lobby.

I don't have one anywhere near me, and I wouldn't shop there if I did.

Or order it online & have it shipped to your Walmart that way it's free shipping, you just have to go to Walmart to pick it up.

We just got a new hobby lobby,I have been there once and will not return.If I want religion I will go to my church
and my minister not a craft store.

I don't shop there either and won't.

I did not know that. Thanks for the tip.

I also agree. Will not do Wall Mart either. There comes a time when I have to say enough is enough and find a way around these big conglomorons. I shop locally and if I can't afford it, I don't shop.
peace

I have a JoAnne's but I hate going there because of the long waits at the cutting counter and then again at check-out. My WalMart has a great fabric selection sometimes even name brand bolts at very good prices. I'm glad I don't have Hobby Lobby because I would not go there as a way of making my political clout felt. Thankfully I have great LQS and Fabric Depot! aka my little piece of fabric heaven!

I'm with you!

I'm shopping there because my beliefs stand with them.

ube quilting, I also don't shop at WalMart, I totally agree with you.

Bakersfield Has 4 Wal-marts and they all have fabric just watch what you buy ,some good some bad. We also have a beverleys, hancocks .hobby lobby,jo anns,,,, lqs,is bolts to bindings..on wible rd. just north of jo anns... DottieBug

Thank you, Dottie Bug! I'll have to schedule a trip up there soon & check them all out.
Lollie

I have been to a Hobby Lobby store twice, and twice was twice too many times. Fabric was awful and cheap. I cannot say a good word about the Hobby Lobby fabric department.

You don't say where in Louisiana you are, but I know that Baton Rouge has a great HL. It's been about 5 years since I was there, but it had a great selection of fabrics.

They are remodeling the JoAnn's in Humble, TX, and it's a madhouse. You can't find anything! It feels more like a discount store than a fabric store. I don't plan on going again until the remodel is finished.

Harbour Freight is a fun store to go into. Sign up for their online sales flyers. They have some good buys, and sometimes they have items that are free with coupon if you buy something. They have a wooden workbench with drawers that I continue to drool over. Maybe, one day, if and when we clear out the garage, I will have room for it. Of course, then, I will start my newest interest -- intargia.

ube quilting and pocoellie, I am with you on this.