hi all
that is what i"m told here in arkansas wal-mart is not putting there fabric back on the shelf i"m so glad i have a fabric store where i can buy my material also my batting on a large roll
louise from arkansas

I live in AZ and our walmart remodeled and kept a fabric dept. It is far smaller then we had, one aisle both sides and some barrells with bolts or other fabrics. We have a cutting table, but, I notice more fabric that would be used for kids patterns. Ours was probably kept because there is no real place to get fabric other then to travel 50 miles or more and we have both a school (home economics) and a reservation that buy lots of fabric from walmart.
I also just returned from our holiday travels, visiting family and Tyler, Texas Walmart still has fabric as does Brownfield, TX

Our Walmart in Cairo, Georgia is closing out the fabric department :( Fabric tomorrow is reduced to 75% off. Guess where I will be tomorrow morning?

Ours is remodeled and has fabric....not very much, but at least it kept it.

The one in Oldsmar, FL (close to Clearwater, FL) is going out of fabric right now. It was 50% off last week and will be 70% off this week. I was picky last week and bought the best stuff because they sell out fast at 70% off and I wanted to stock up on tone on tones that were a nice weight and not take a chance to miss out.

Only dinky packages left in Charlottesville, VA after remodeling.

Our Walmart has lots of fabric and getting lots more in. The lady said she thought all the Walmarts were going to get their fabric back.

When they built a new Super Wal-mart in Asheville,NC a couple of years ago, folks from the smaller store that was closing raised such a fuss that the new one got a fabric department (small, but still it's something). But a clerk there told me that when they re-model that store after 5 years, it will lose the fabric, too. It seems there are a lot of us concerned about this- I think we may need to organize an effort to give Wal-mart the message that the public wants the fabric dept. I would think Wal-mart is in the business to make money- our voices should count for something.

All the ones I know of in Ga and the one down the street ffrom me here doesn't have fabric. I wonder if it makes any difference if the quilters/sewists not shopping there makes all that much difference to them. I know I don't go into Walmart anywhere near as much as I use to when they had fabric & not only would I get fabric but I always got other stuff too. Before I left Ga I had started going to the local grocery it was just quicker. And cheaper for me anyway.Didn't see so many things that I just "needed" on the spur of the moment

I'm not sure how old the previous posts were, but appx 1 1/2 to 2 years ago, two new Walmarts were built in our town (one replaced an old Walmart) and neither of them have fabric. In fact, the craft sections in both are terrible. Before the old one was closed, I sent an email to their corporate office and told them how I felt about it. Most likely there were others who complained, too, because there are two more older ones that still have fabric and continue to get new supplies. All four of these stores are within a ten-mile radius of me. It never hurts to let your voice be heard.