Very good advice!!!!

Years ago I would buy 1-3yds of something. Now if I know that'll I'll be able to use it in many ways. Any where from 3-whats on the bolt, especially the neutrals, blenders, tone on tone and such. Get whatever you can.

Happy shopping!!! :thumbup:

I think Wal-mart is stupid getting rid of their fabric. I don't shop there much anymore. I used to go in and see what they had in fabric and picked up other things since I was in the store. No reason to go in now. The funny thing is they got rid of fabric in a town that does not have any other source for it and kept it in the store near the quilt shop and JoAnns. Like someone mentioned to me, they get rid of the competition and do not care what the customers need. When the competition is gone they get rid of the product.

Our local Hancocks had some fabric last week on clearance fairly cheap.... $1 to $2 a yard....might be a good idea to stock up and get me a pretty good stash going. Sometimes I think I am too "picky" about my fabrics.

The last Walmart in the Tulsa area (to my knowledge) is closing out their fabric dept in July. I HATE WALMART. A few years ago, there was a big hulabaloo about it and many petitions, emails and phone calls to WalMart Headquarters ensued. Walmart promised they would not remove fabric dept. After the dust settled, they slowly started removing them. When the Walmarts near where I live closed them out, I quit going into Walmart unless I have no other choice. I hate giving them my money. I do my very best to boycott them. Granted, I'm lucky in the fact that we have Joann's, Hancocks and Hobby Lobby with in a 1/2 hour driving distance, plus at least 4 quilt shops. Still, I can't afford their prices for fabric. Seems both Joann's and Hancock's have raised their prices now that they don't have to compete with walmart and most of their fabric is subpar, IMO. I only quilt to please myself and can make do with a less quality fabric. If I have to spend $8-10 a yard, I will have to quit buying fabric. Like I said, I HATE Walmart. Old Sam is probably doing somersaults in his grave.

My Hancock's used to have a sale table, but I can't seem to find anything on it anymore. :evil:

Buy all they have of tonal and solids, especially staples like cream and red and blue. Then buy at least two yards of each of related prints, those all in one theme, and don't forget the backing fabrics.

this thread was on not to long ago. I can't buy any but as I remeber most people like to buy three yards at a time. God bless. Penny

have fun with your stash

I try to buy three yards or more.

Yes, if I like a fabric I buy at least 3 yds. That way you have enough to cut on the length and it's long enough to make borders for a full/queen quilt.

My sentiments exactly. Cool pix on your avatar.

Ok, My practice is that if I like something well enough I buy a minimum of 3 yards. If I love it, then 5 or more yds.

My favorite shop has beautiful prints/tone-on-tones in backing fabric (amazing quality) at 108-120" wide for about $9.99/yd. With that, I buy a minimum of 2 1/3 yds. If Hubby is with me he tells them 3 yds. (He's used to fabric shopping with me.

Now to the Wal*Mart issue. The elderly woman at corporate whose "Pet-project" was the fabric departments, died a few years ago when we all started seeing our fabric departments disappear with each new remodeling and being replaced by expanded electronics dept (some MAN thought this up).

A community south of here had a large Menonite community. Their Wal*Mart took out the fabric. The leader of their community went to THAT customer service and told them that although they spend a lot of their $$ there, "We got along just fine before you and with no fabric, we'll get along just fine without you again. Have a nice day." The fabric department was brought back the next week. *s*

That's a good point.
Y'know any "interest group" that gets together and acts together becomes an action group - such as in politics where, for instance, a category of fishermen or farmers or marathon runners, who otherwise have no reason to act as a body, get riled up over some community policy or political rule or law and organize themselves, now become a Political Action Group. All of a sudden they are a force to be reckoned with.
Wonder if quilters and sewers could do something like that.....

With research, I have surmised ... I have 5 Wal*Marts in my area. Only ONE has retained a full fabric dept. Their Manager noticed that every time another Wal*Mart closed out it's fabric ... his profits went UP *duh*

In my little area, we have 120 quilt guilds. I don't know how many teachers (they cover their cork boards with every upcoming holiday).

There are more folks trying to fix this than you might know.

Just a lil FYI