There are still two fabric departments in my area, one 20 miles away and the other about 40 miles away. Both stores were renovated a couple of years ago and the end result was a smaller fabric department but it is also down the main isle and more visible and accessible ~ supposedly they are there to stay.

great idea :wink:

My thinking is maybe they moved it closer to the center
aisle , so they can draw attention to it so they can sell
out all the fabric they have, instead of taking a lose on what they have instock, just a thought..

Hi, i was just at a Wal-Marts today and noticed the same change with the cutting table. At this store they took out the cheap $2.oo a yard fabric and have a very nice fabric selection and a nice fabric wall. Hope they keep it. Stocked up on Warm and Natural for $5.+change. Hope they keep this department.

Sounds like some of the stores are going to keep their fabric departments. If that is true, there will be happy customers.

In one Super Center, I was told that the persons assigned to the fabric department have been reassigned to other departments.
The clerk told me that she had worked there for 9 years, and has been told not to go there and cut fabric. How do they expect to sell what they have in stock?

In another smaller Wal-Mart, nothing has changed except there is no one available to cut fabric. I went to Electronics to ask them to page someone and was told they were trained to cut the fabric, but would not go to the fabric dept if they had customers.

If Wal-mart wants to make everything self0service, I can cut fabric as well as anyone, so next time I will c.ut my own, write down the price and yardage and figure out the cost and take it to the cash register. Maybe I can get some attention, from the manager.

We will all be waiting to see what happens when the remodel happens. that is when the fabric departments are to close.

I was at WM last night at around 10:30 and was AMAZED that someone was there to cut fabric for me...not only was someone there to cut fabric, but there were two girls there that cut at the same time! That has never happened. Our fabric is right across from sporting goods, and sometimes someone can cut it from right across the aisle behding the SG counter, but not always....
I was happy to come home with new Christmas fabrics to start on new Tube Quilt blocks! :D YAY!

What was confusing to me was that some of the $4.44 fabrics were very cheap and any white (snowmen) was very see-through! It didn't have a good quality feel to it, either....BUT I got some of the $2.44/yard fabrics that I like and some of them have a really good satiny feel to them! :D

Hi Miranda,

For white from Wal-Mart, I like to use their drapery lining. It is heavier than most of those other thin whites you see there, and it also is in 54" width instead of 44".

I usually go to a few stores, Hancock, Walmart, JoAnn's and my local quilt shops. I have found much the same as everyone else here has. I usually shop sales. I have had good luck with Wal-mart. My biggest issue is I was looking for some embroidery floss, and they have quit carry that. Our stores here have remodeled, and so we are down to not a ton of fabric, but I am still finding cute things there. I agree with what someone else has said, to look for what you can afford.

We have 3 WalMarts in my area (large suburb of Houston) One is a SuperCenter and 2 have JUST finished remodeling. NONE have fabric anymore. My closest store only has yarn and a few fat quarters. They still had patterns a few weeks ago but that may disappear soon too. The sewing notions etc have been reduced by 2/3 - now imostly kids stuff and scrapbook. Even the quilt magazines have become very scarce! :(

The JoAnn's here is not much better, the staff is nice but the selection is poor and their fabrics keep getting more EXPENSIVE. It's an older store and most of it is crafts and junk now. :(
Fortunately we have some good quilt shops, but that's not the answer for everyone either ...

Hello, I am new but thought I would comment...Eddie I noticed you are in AR...I am to ..South Central and I have noticed the same thing here! 2 of our Wal Marts stopped selling recently and the 2 left that do have fabric, also did a remodel..Still have little help at the counters at one but I to am glad they still sell and hope they will continue in the future![/b]