My LQS honors JoAnns coupons up to 40%

A friend and I wait for sales at Fabric Depot.com in Portland,OR. I get their e-mails, they have Warm and Natural batting from 30 to 40% off fairly often. We combine our order and share shipping cost. When I am in that area a couple times a year I go to their store, always have sales and the store is huge. Love it, love it, love it, and no tax. Check it out.
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no, it is not...the prices of cotton batting have gone up nearly 3 times this year alone!
my wholesale cost is now what the OLD retail price just last year!
as in if it sold for $20 retail last year, now my wholesale is $20...which means the retail is now $40!

scary times...but chains like Joanns are doing all they can to keep those prices low. Their only other option is to go back to the way it was in the 90's and print their coupons to say "does not include batting"

Cotton has gone up so everything made with cotton has gone up even blends it isn't just joanns its all over - but poly or blends to save money (I use poly for kids quilts myself as they have to be laundered so often... it is just an unfortunate issue we have to deal with because of the cotton market...get it on sale if you can!

Get registered with www.connecting threads.com

They carry fabulous fabrics and Hobbs batting. When they have a sale it's great. Can's say enough good things about this company.

Also register with www.shoppersrule.com

They have great specials on various quilt and embroidery supplies and they don't bombard you with emails nor does Connecting Threads.

this is going to change..in fact your state might be one of the 24 that already have the law that states that YOU purchase something online, then YOU are responsible for claiming/filing those taxes on your return at the end of the year. It is up to YOU to be honest and do that.

Oklahoma is one of those 24 states. Now when I buy from Amazon a box comes up when I type in my addy that reminds me what the sales tax is and that "I" am responsible for paying it!

There are BIG changes coming across the country to Tax laws that will require ALL online businesses to charge sales tax on ALL transactions being shipped to states that charge sales tax!

As most of the readers say, watch the Joann's sales and purchase "Warm and Natural " ahead. Not that long ago, they had a sale for queen size, warm and natural batting, for $12.99, so I purchased two packages. That was a one day sale, and my bargain for the day.

Hancocks their battings are all better priced than JoAnns as a matter of fact so is their fabrics and they have great shipping deals too

Connecting Threads when it is on sale. No shipping over $50 order and right now promo code TRYITQNN gives free shipping on any amount.

Actually it is that many miles one-way for me! Yes, I live in the middle of nowhere but I like it here.

I have been ordering HObb from Connecting Threads......and quite often they have a 30% off sale on all their battings.

At that time, I order and hit the $50. mark so I get feww mailing.

Can't beat that.....

I bought a roll (90" W) of Warm and Natural cotton from someplace I found online but the name escapes me at the moment. Got a good deal and was delivered to my door. Check out the internet for good prices. I haven't had to buy batting in quite a while:)

I am not fond of JoAnn's fabric anymore, and their prices. I don't have a LQS, so my next choice is Hobby Lobby. I like their selection and their prices are a little better, they do have good sales. They also have a 40% coupon most weeks. Of course it cannot be used on sale merchanise, I use it to buy my batting by the yard when I need it. Most of my fabric buying is on line.

to one & all....UP of Michigan is miles from nowhere,but a beautiful area of God's quilt of the world.....Peggi did not mention that one has to drive over the Mackinaw Bridge to get to shops in lower Mi. My sis & hubby had a motel in Paradise years ago.

Watch Connecting Threads for their frequent batting sales. I always buy a case as their prices are good and the service is great to Canada!

This may sound strange but I get real good batting from overstock.com. It is a good deal, however I don't know if the have your brand. Also I go to the Pellon web site and buy online from them, it is also cheaper than Joann's. Fabric.com, Nancy's Notions and some others have everything I need.I have a Joann's near by but I never go in there any more. The fabric is shoddy and high priced, the batting is high priced even with a coupon, I can get patterns and notions elsewhere on line cheaper and have a larger selection to choose from. Most all my fabric and quilting supplies come direct to me via UPS on the porch and I save on time and gas money. I hate shopping anyway and will always buy online if I can....too bad Safeway does not deliver out here.

Check battmart.com.They have so many selections your head will spin.

Even the polyester batting has doubled in price.

I agree, I found W&N on the roll for about $4.46/yard.

http://www.batt-mart.com/site/490194...-WN-2105A-ROLL

Anyone remember when JoAnnes was Cloth World? Now that was a good store. I made most of my clothes back then because I was still working and bought all my fabric from Cloth World because they had such a great selection.

There isn't a Joanne's near me now and I really don't care. I'm retired now so don't have to worry too much about what I wear daily and besides I have a wonderful quilt shop about 3 minutes from my house.

Who needs Joanne's

Connecting Threads is a great place to shop. I love their thread!

Thanks for the sites to look at. I agree with you 100%, I do most of my shopping on-line, batting, notions etc. There is one small QS close but have to go 120 miles (one way) for any other shops. Every once in a while I will pick up a friend and we go even farther to some fav shops, spending a day with a friend and finding some 'cannot live without it' fabric, nothing better. And twice a year the trips to Fabric Depot in Portland, OR is a fabric fix for sure. Some or all fabric are always on sale.

Is Warm & Natural 80/20 batting good to use for both wall hangings and bed quilts?

I want to stock up now that you've called my attention to the prices. I have UFOs that are for wall hangings, table runners, and comforters, but I don't know if I need different types of batting depending on how the quilts will be used.

They have to rise the price so they can discount it. They never lose anything.

For carolnbb- not all of us live in a town big enough to have a Joann's or Hobby Lobby, so if we want to shop there, we go to where they are. That's part of living in Texas. Towns are just farther apart, than in the east.I have to drive over 130 miles to shop at Joann's and Hobby Lobby. We are a town of about 21,000 people. Great place to live just not alot a shopping options. So you either do without or drive. It's not as bad as it seems. You get used to it.
I never buy batting without a coupon. I rarely buy anything unless it's on sale or I have a coupon. When I'm going to the CITY I get online and print coupons for all the stores I plan to shop at, if they take coupons. Then, coupons,list and sunday ads in hand I take off for a day of shopping. I usually have a good size list. I can't afford to go to often.

No one has yet mentioned Quilting Warehouse as a great source for batting. They,too, are having a sale on W&N. A 90" x 40 yd roll is currently $244.99...that's only $6.12 per yard...but their shipping rates are based on cost of order and they do not have a chart on the site so be careful.
http://store.quilting-warehouse.com/208763.html


W&N does not make an 80/20 blend. Their blend is 50/50. They do now make Soft & Natural which is 100% cotton needlepunched into itself without a scrim. That would give it a softer drape than Warm & Natural which is what a lot of people have been waiting for.

Kinda off topic of the increase of batting, but everything made with cotton is going up. I went yesterday to find a package of womens cotton JMS underware and the price at WalMart had jumped by almost $4 at our store. I about popped the eyes out of my head. Five pair for $11+, same as I used to pay $7+ for.
I couldn't believe it. We're talking what my boys refer to as granny panties.

As for JoAnn's, I don't buy much fabric there anymore. At the local store (next town over) they have it seems reduced the amount of fabric sold for quilting purposes. It also seems like, frankly the quality isn't as good as it used to be. The feel of much of it used to be better now it isn't much better than WM and much more expensive. I still go to Hancocks when i'm in Salem at least the quality is better.

When I buy batting, I buy a complete bolt at JoAnn's. So the 40%-50% coupon works for the entire bolt. Then I use a 20%-30% for the entire order. It is a super way to buy batting. I plan to buy a new batting bolt this weekend.

I am so blessed, as my lqs sales the warm and natural for $7.99 a yard...and yes, it is the wide width...I could not believe it,and I told her that..
Kif

Two of our Walmart's are getting in more fabric, also jelly rolls. fat quaters and pre cut yards. Yahoo

Our local Joann's does not have enough people at the cutting tables either. I waitied for over an hour one day for cutting then stood in line for another 30 minutes to check out. LQS and on-line look really good to me.

Good customer service is a big thing for me, I will not darken their door step very often if they do not serve their customers. Bad part is, it is not always the help, they are understaffed, that is the reason in a lot of places.

I found that you can buy batting on EBAY as well.
SandyBeach, I checked out BattMart and their prices are great bty and in bulk. I am going to check out O.co.

My skin isn't that thick but some employees would rather just get that woman out of there before she makes a bigger scene. But I agree she needed to take a number and as the customer I would of spoke up and told her to take a number or given her mine to shut her up if she started to squawk.

The batting i buy is normally between $15-25 at a time....I never thought that was expensive...hmmmm

Just watch for their 50% off sales...then buy as much as you can afford of the Warm & Natural on the bolt.

She lives in the U.P.!!! Even way down here in the hollers of the Mountain State we think the U.P. is 'way out there.'

I bought some Hobbs 80/20 at my local JAF for $7.99 a yard and that was NOT including the 40% off. Next time there is a 50% off, I am going to buy the whole bolt. It was a mini roll that had the batting folded in half and then in half again. It was only 27' tall. I didn't notice how much yardage was on the roll. It is so much smoother on the roll than when stuff into those plastic bags. NEVER can get those wrinkles OUT !!!

I noticed our walmart is getting the pre-cuts now for $8 for two different fabrics. Most I don't care for.

This is what my LAQ used in my quilt. I love the drape, the warmth, and the washability. Now it is what I buy.