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nannya54 10-30-2010 09:31 AM

Online I get mine from Amazon or Overstock. Every year I look for fitted flannel sheets. Why do they wear out the fastest? Anyway, you might check there.

Bubblegum0077 10-30-2010 09:42 AM

I know that some of the finer department stores sell them seperately. I think they get you on the invididual selection. Belk Lindsey, JCPenny, Macys. They woiuld have what you need.

117becca 10-30-2010 09:42 AM

another walmart person....I use them to line window treatments when i make them - - twin size sheet - $5... I also have used them to make curtains - esp for the basement when i am not so picky

Never have used them for the back of a quilt - the thread count is higher than i like for that purpose.

sahm4605 10-30-2010 09:51 AM

think about the sets this way. you have another quilt backing ready to be used for a smaller quilt. or maybe even the same size.

Va Quilter 10-30-2010 10:41 AM

I wasn't aware they had? I was just at our local WMart and they were selling them there..Good luck finding one!

harley 10-30-2010 11:29 AM

go to walmarts- dr blue, light green, tan, ans brown, oh white, a queen-- $12.oo

harley 10-30-2010 11:30 AM

go to wal-marts- dr blue, light green, tan, ans brown, oh white, a queen-- $12.oo

norinedora 10-30-2010 12:28 PM

I buy all my twin flats @ Walmart & make scrubs for work! I have lots of colors, & if I want a matching jacket it's just another $4. Can't beat it!

Nathan's Mimi 10-30-2010 01:04 PM


Originally Posted by bejay28
When did the stores STOP selling single sheets? All I wanted was a flat sheet, queen size, dark blue, and I coulld not find one! I could only find SETS....

I stillfind them at my local Walmart store and at Kmart and JCPenney stores.I by most of them at Walmart tho.

njgrl4evr 10-30-2010 01:06 PM

Try Marshall's, TJ Max and Ross. They all carry them.

Mimito2 10-30-2010 01:36 PM

I got some last spring from Target that were wild colors. I am using them to make pillowcase dresses. The last ones I got at Walmart I forgot to look at the thread count. They were very thin and when I washed them they pilled so I ended up using them for lining purses.

katiebear1 10-30-2010 01:37 PM

Walmart has them

katiebear1 10-30-2010 01:38 PM

Walmart has them

pgthom 10-30-2010 01:59 PM

You can still find singles, but have to look a bit. Kohl's, Penney's, maybe Sears, sometimes the discount stores like TJ Maxx or Marshall's. I share your frustration with this issue.

bejay28 10-30-2010 03:02 PM

Went to Target today...yes, they are selling single sheets, flat or fitted. Didn't really have the colors I wanted, but I ended up getting fleece throw blankets...king size, $21.00. I am now able to do what I had planned.

I also looked at the king sheet set, the fitted was 90 x 80 I think and the flat was 108 x 108 I think. So to me the king set priced at $20.00, I think, would have been a waste, because I would have only been able to use the flat sheet, not the fitted because it would have been to small for what i needed.

We used to have a Springmaid at the outlet mall....not any more....

Thanks to all for responding....

penski 10-30-2010 03:32 PM

i saw them at my walmart not to long ago and they were on sale , maybe they were trying to faze them out

JeanieG 10-30-2010 04:32 PM


Originally Posted by Peggi
Somewhere in my travels I was told to NEVER use sheets for backing a quilt. Don't know why - just NEVER. Can anyone tell me anything about the subject? And you are right about the sheets being sold in sets - I still have a wonderful water bed & am down to 3 flat queen sized sheets, can't find them anywhere.

I've used single sheets for quilt backing a lot. Had no trouble either quilting by machine or hand.

kriscraft99 10-30-2010 04:39 PM

TJ Maxx! that is my source :)

Up4BigChal 10-30-2010 04:56 PM

I still find them at WalMart in many colors,

bejay28 10-30-2010 05:05 PM

Didn't even think of them....good one!


Originally Posted by kriscraft99
TJ Maxx! that is my source :)


sewNso 10-30-2010 05:38 PM


Originally Posted by Mimito2
I got some last spring from Target that were wild colors. I am using them to make pillowcase dresses. The last ones I got at Walmart I forgot to look at the thread count. They were very thin and when I washed them they pilled so I ended up using them for lining purses.

are you by some chance making the dresses for haiti? i saw pleas for dresses for little girls. wondered.

nonnie60 10-30-2010 05:40 PM

Walmart has a nice variety of flat sheets. They look just like the sets..... in little cloth drawstring bags. Paid $11 for a queen.

G'ma Kay 10-30-2010 05:46 PM

Try overstock.com. they have odd pieces, sometimes solids colors in 250 to 300 thread counts. Mostly what I do, I buy the sets, don't seem to wear out the top sheets, so use them when I can for backing. I like to use the ones I have used and washed a lot as they are softer and easier to quilt. But I have used new ones occasionally but find the denser thread counts are hard to quilt.

blackbearbetty 10-30-2010 06:08 PM

Walmart still sells single sheets.

GloBug 10-30-2010 06:51 PM

I have found single sheets at Wal Mart,and Fred Meyer, Hope this helps.

trisha 10-30-2010 07:01 PM

Anyone else notice that WALMART sucks???

desertrose 10-30-2010 07:59 PM

abut a month ago I was in Bed Bath & Beyond and they sell them separatly and in sets.

gingerella 10-30-2010 08:08 PM


Originally Posted by bejay28
When did the stores STOP selling single sheets? All I wanted was a flat sheet, queen size, dark blue, and I coulld not find one! I could only find SETS....

I usually purchase sheets, singly, from catalogs that come to me in the mail. The Company Store, among others, sells sheets. I usually buy one king size fitted sheet and two twin size duvet covers and unless I buy from a catalog, I never have any sheets that match or look nice. And since we don't need the top flat sheet, I just hate to buy it. We don't have quilts on our bed, I have them hanging around the house.

Dee 10-30-2010 08:20 PM

Wallie had single sheets, but not much color choice.

rickietikki 10-30-2010 09:10 PM

You can find single sheets at Kohl's Dept. stores if you have one in your area. They are pretty reasonable on prices and most of the time they are on sale anyway. And they are good quality, so if you are using them as quilt backs they work great!.

raedar63 10-30-2010 09:21 PM

I bought some at walmart, they were on clearance. I also buy sheets at the goodwill for a couple bucks, you can even square up the fitted sheets and use for a smaller size quilt! That is if you are making something thik a scrap quilt that it wouldn't matter if you used a second hand sheet.

ladyredhawk 10-30-2010 10:27 PM

K-mart has singles

pippa45 10-31-2010 02:28 AM

Both my Spotlight, & K.Mart stores sell single
item sheets,and either flat or fitted.

neeng 10-31-2010 05:51 AM

Sears often has single sheets in a variety of thread counts during their "white sale" days by catalogue, although I can't always find them in-store.

max's grandma 10-31-2010 05:59 AM

If ou are going to hand quilt them then get a low thread count as the higher the count the harder it is to quilt. I know from experience.

MS quilter 10-31-2010 10:18 AM

Some Walmart's do have them. Fred's does. My primary source is estate or garage sales. However, I have several navy flat sheets I will sell. PM me/

jdavis 10-31-2010 11:07 AM

The mail order catalogs usually sell separate sheets, but you can't feel the sheets before you buy them!

ree-nee 10-31-2010 11:13 AM

I live in Roanoke, ALabama,a rurally isolated area, the walmart here sells single sheets all sizes.
The brand is Mainstays but they are 200 thread count.

Judy McCrary 10-31-2010 03:31 PM

I was buying the flat sheets for backing at Wal-Mart and fabric also, but now the one where I live does not carry fabric anymore and now they have stopped having the single sheets. Guess when they have something that sells pretty good, they decide to discontinue.

ristinadouise 10-31-2010 06:48 PM

I still get mine at Walmart, $4.00 for twin; $7.00 for queen; $8.00 to $11.00 for King. Color choice isn't the greatest, usually Burgundy, Navy, White and Sky Blue are all that's available.


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