Went to one of the few Wal-marts with fabric left in them yesterday, was totally shocked to see fat quarters and jelly rolls. Couldn't buy any fabric, so stupidly did not even check to see what prices were on them.

Anybody else that are fortunate enough to have fabric in their Wal-mart have fat quarters?

I went to the Walmart in Marietta Ohio last night and they had fat quarters and jelly rolls. I was so excited and I was drooling over the jelly rolls and my husband said just get one of each and then you wont have to choose. He can be sweet sometimes but I think the real reason was he was ready to go and I had been drooling for about 30 minutes. lol lol :lol: :lol: :lol:

Wow! We just keep them waiting long enuf and then it's no holds barred? Cool. I will try that.

How much were they?

19.99 I thought that was high because there is 3 1/2 yards total but they are already cut in the the 2 1/2 inch strips. So I guess that is worth the extra then again I have seen them in quilt shops for 30 dollars. :roll: :roll:

Thank you for this information. I am going to have to get right over to our Walmart & see if we have FQ's & Jelly Rolls yet. I sure hope so. Fun-Fun!!
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Have never bought jelly rolls, so don't have a clue what is high or not.

WE have them at Walmart but not At Joanns or the quilting shop! Go figure!!

Luck you! Most of the WM I have been to are getting rid of fabric all togther. The are putting home decorating and party stuff in the place of fabrics. :-o

Single fats in my walmart are 1.47...there are also some bundles.....of fats and some 1/8s. Not a big assortment at my store. A lot of new names in the yard goods...nice :D

Yes, our Wal-Mart now has fat quarters and jelly rolls. As someone else mentioned, they are not cheap!

The walmart here in Durham, NC that I go to has FQ's for $1.47 and Jelly Rolls for $19.99. I asked if they were also doing away with the fabric dept. and she said yes but don't know when yet. The other one in Durham is doing away with fabrics sometime in May, that's when they re-model. Fabrics also went up from$2 to $2.44 or $2.50. Will keep my eyes on them to see if there will be sales before closing them down, LOL

I haven't seen any fat quarters in my WalMart yet. Wouldn't that be nice?

We're in SE Iowa and the WM in Burlington closed their fabric dept when they remodeled over the last few months. The one where I live said when they remodel they will close out the fabric also. She thought in 2010 so I have been stocking up as I can afford it on batting and thread because it is cheaper than anywhere else. Fabric they don't have too much I can use but a few prints I like I have also been stocking up on when money permits. It will soon enough be gone!! It is better than paying $8 and9 in the quilt shops!

New to the board but just saw the Wal Mart question and I had just bought three jelly rolls for 9.95 each. Haven't done anything with them yet.

Save a few FQ's & Jelly Rolls for me, Sulabug! I'll be right behind you! :lol:

The Wal-mart in Chickasha OK sells them for 1.47 FQ, JR 19.95. They had something for 9.95 but can't remember what they call them. The FQ are more expensive at Wal-mart than they are at Hancock. They were 1.19 there without a sale.

This is my 2 cents, worth..Our wal-mart store has material, still..But stories, are floating around, that our fabric dept, will be shutting down, also..So that they can put in a party dept, also(big deal)... Don-isewman1

our walmart told me that they were just getting the charms and jelly rolls. They were a new item to be carried. We have a fabric dept. that is not going to close anytime in the near future.

Okie, the one I saw them at was Duncan. Haven't looked at Lawton's westside WM to see if they are carrying them yet or not. At $1.47, cheaper to wait for Joann's $.99 sales.

WalMart here has fabric and quilting notions, sewing machines, mats and rulers. No jelly rolls or fat quarters yet. Walmart fabric has gone up in price here. The quilting cotton fabric is $5.50 a yard. Craft fabric is still priced $4 or lower. One item I have been buying a lot of there is the Coat/Clark bobbin thread on the mini cone. It's strong, lint free, and extremely thin.

Haven't checked my walmart lately. Going on milk, bread, cereal, diet dr pepper run this afternoon so I'm going to check. If anybody interested got a work sheet from Moda website about what to do with layer cakes. How to slice them. I kinda worry about buying fabrics I can't completely see. What if I don't like the colors. I'm going to ask dept. manager if we are closing too. They got a petition up last time, over 3500 signatures. We are 45 miles from Tyler (only other place to buy thread & stuff). That leaves Dollar General, where you can buy black & white thread, hand needles & safety pins. Not much. We will be in a pickle. Lots of seniors in our community, so I can just see them going to Tyler just for a spool of thread. Not going to happen. Sometimes big brother doesn't always know best.

our 'oldest' W/M is remodeling and yes, have done away w/ fabric; the newest W/M has a few notions, but no thread....oh well.

I went to my local WM, and they didnt have jelly rolls or fqs. I was talking to the lady who works the fabric department. She and the manager had just had an argument over her dpeartment not making "his" store any money.
Well, being me, I went and found the manager and asked him to price out the merchandise in my cart(other than fabric) I had over 100 dollars of other sundry items, which I COULD have gotten at the grocery but didnt. Mainly because I wanted to see if WM had any John Deere fabric. I explained this to him, but he didnt seem to make the connection. If WM didnt have fabric I would NOT have driven the extra miles to save 5 cents on paper towels for goodness sakes. And they want to get rid of one of the only reasons I even go to WM any more . Sigh ?!?!

It absolutely sucks that Wal Mart no longer sells fabric in my town either. I live in a small town and it was the only place to purchase fabric.
Now I have to drive 45 minutes to an hour to buy fabric.
Churry

Wal Mart in Grove City, PA has a beautiful selection of fat quarters.

Sometimes those Manager assocs. don't know diddle squat about anything. All they know is numbers. Got their college degrees(some of them) & think they know it all. They are out of touch with the real world. My husband usuta work for the warehouse & it's not the right way or wrong way. It's the WALMART WAY! Bentonville is the Mecca

Value or not.... just divide the yards into the price....you may be able to cut yourself and save dollars.....for more fabric. Ha!
Diana in Texas

I've thought of that but decided it would cost just as much or more in order to get a good selection of colors. Course if you cut JR strips from your stash that would save $ and use up some of your stash.

Some of the Wal Marts in MI have gotten rid of their fabrics! They said "anything that had to be measured & cut was gone"! How disappointed was I??? Have gotten some really nice stuff there at decent prices. That only leaves me Joann's & the quilt shops which can be kind of pricey! My DH said a Wal Mart closer to us still has fabric so I'm going to see what they have. :?: :roll:

At our Wal-Mart they have fabric, but no jelly rolls or FQ's. So lucky you!

Wow, here in Calif there is no fabric in Walmart anymore!
It has been that way for a year now and fabric was never that cheap for us plus they never had jelly rolls. You are all so lucky. Can I send money to cover fabric for jelly rolls, gas and shipping so somebody will get me some ? Jelly rolls start at $30.00 here, although fabric at the quilt stores cost the same. I try to stock up on clearance sales whenever possible. I am serious if someone is game. My email address is [email protected] if anyone is interested.

I had the same experience and was quite surprised to see jelly rolls and quilting strips on an end cap display. I live in Central Florida.

Here in SW Mn the Wal Mart in Worthington did a remodel close to a year ago and downsized the fabric dept. (thank goodness), but one can still find some fun fabrics. I haven't seen any FQs or jelly rolls there, though. I'll have to go back and see...Our LQS has jelly rolls, but somehow I resisted...today, anyway!

jojo

so what's the quality of these jelly rolls/fat quarters like in the Wal-Marts??
Lately(last yr or so) the fabric has gotten really sloppy, thin, questionable content. Some of the bolts on the shelves were Ok in some situations...
would hate to put lots of careful sewing and quilting work into some of the fabrics i saw...

Here in SW MN the WM fabric has gone up also, but still isn't too bad. I purchased some the other day for $2.44/yd for some projects I made for some of the consumers where I work, and it had a good feel to it. Some of the better quality cottons are $4.44/yd, including John Deere fabric.

jojo

Just talked to our dept head & she said it was safe for now but if fabric goes so does silk flowers & all the crafts. They are not getting fat quarters or jelly rolls. We don't need a party dept because we have a Card & Party Factory store. She also said all of the Tyler stores would be losing their fabrics but there is several quilting stores, Hancocks, Micheals & Hobby Lobby there. Sometimes I hate Walmart just about the time you get use to having something they delete it.

I went to the walmart in Marietta Ohio again tonight and asked the lady if they were closing thier sewing department and she said yes it was supposed to be gone by the end of 2010 said she did not think they would even carry the fat quarters are jelly rolls maybe some pre packaged but she heard it probably would all be moved out for a party dept. Nothing in the way of fabric. Sad that they come in and put the independent stores out of business in small towns and then they stop having fabric. I asked if people complained and petitioned would it help. She said no thousands had already complained and even tho this store had high volume sales in the fabric dept it was stil scheduled to be taken out. :( :( :( :( :( :( :( so I just had to buy several yards my dh said if they were going to stop having it I should buy some more before I flew home just not to make him have to buy a u-haul to get it home to me in May.lol lol :lol: :lol: :lol:

perhaps more local quilt shops will be seen...also don't forget the online possibilities...
many folks use Connecting Threads...their jelly rolls are from $11 to $20.

I was told that all Walmarts will be removing their fabric departments and will not be carrying any fabric in the future. Some stores will carry some yarn supplies and sewing notions but that was all. The fabric is what made me go into the store, otherwise I really don't need to shop there. I get the same prices at Target and I can find a "body" when I need help unlike at Walmart. They like to hide or just not help you period. I must admit that I found some really nice name brand fabric there if I caught the delivery just right for half the price. Sigh, those were the days!