I'd love to but will have a big cc bill this month due to a trip I have to take out of state next week.

Dawn, be safe on your trip!
Are you taking any handwork?

Thanks, we will. No handwork, leaving mon and returning thurs. I won't have time to do any.

Boy were you in the right place at the right time. Lucky you.

Did they have any that were flannels?

Great loot!!! I am on my way there today, hope I have as much luck as you! Love the doggie fabric! And the jungle stuff, too!

Yep, mine has it too. I bought some yesterday! :D

No, which is too bad, cause I am hoping to make a rag quilt soon. :cry:

The doggie fabric is the $1 FQ my hubby picked out. The one WM had them for that price, the other didn't. Go figure...

The one store had many bolts of the jungle stuff, the other only had one which was hidden between other bolts. Hope you find some.

We still have fabric but it all precuts. They have fat quarters for $1.00, jelly rolls and layercakes for $12.96 abd 2 yard packages for $5,00.

Unfortunately our Walmart hasn't had fabric for about 3 years now! :(

walmarts going foward will have only precut fat quarters, prefolds,ect. Our walmart in Elyria,Oh is rebuilding as a SUPER CENTER in Lorain.The fabric @ old store went to 70% off, as moving time gets close. Bottom line as stores get there REMODELS fab by the yard will be eliminated.It takes many hrs to staff a low profit area.To have someone there to cut fabric @ $1,$2,2.44,4.97,ect, is not profitable.YES, if they sold the yds they do @ QS $$$, they'd probably keep it.AND WE WOULD BE LOOKING FOR THE NEXT GREAT DEALS. I used to visit every walmart while on vacation, different store , different selection of $1&2 fabric! Maybe they should publish a GOT FABRIC GUIDE for us,so we don't waste our time!LOL!!!

I'm visiting my mom out of state and plan to check out her WM today or tomorrow. Think I'll check her Michael's, too, while I'm here.

I used that animal print for the back of my giraffe quilt...I also fussy cut the animals and put them in the front of the quilt....It is my favorite quilt.
Linda

Sounds like a great idea. Pics?

As far as I can find out there is only 1 -repeat 1 - WM in the state of New Hampshire selling fabric. The retail spaces have been turned over to small craft stuff and expanded shoe dept. The closest one is 1 hr drive in hellacious traffic...J's is a bit over 1 hr in opposite direction in not too bad traffic. Hope to go on Tues. just to pick up some threads (Yeah, right!)

I did the same thing on my lunch break today. Each bolt had at least five yards of fabric for $5.00 a bolt. Bought 8 bolts. All I went to Walmart for was to get my oil changed. LOL They also had hardback books for $4.00 - $6.00 each. The lady at the fabric counter said the books and fabric were from the same company. According to her this is a promotion. They also had fat quarters for $1.00 each.

My WM had it stacked very high on two big tables with a big sign on each end in the aisle in the fabric dept. There were several different types of fabric.

Our super walmart is starting to carry notions, yarn and I think I saw a sewing machine. Our smaller walmart on the other end of town is going to go super-size by next year, but they said they are keeping the fabric dept. I went in a couple of days ago and they are getting in their Christmas and Fall fabrics and have some really nice ones.

All the Walmart around me in Ct. redid their store and none of them have fabric. They make more money on big screne tv. The toy department in one is half of it's size hard to find any of the thing that the kid ask for their birthday.

What a find!!!

Our Wally did away with fabric 2 yrs. ago. So now have to travel a distance or order online. But sells sewing machines and a few notions.

Girl, you did good. Love the jungle print. No fabric in the Farmville WM. The new one in Appomattox has 2 yard cuts only. NOW we have a nice quilt shop in Rice, VA. Just getting started but super nice. Normally would have to drive 1 hour to get fabric. Good Going.

Most of the fabric sold in out WM's sell for $4.44 a yard, altho I was there on Sunday and prices of the newly arrived fabrics increased to $4.94.

hi all: I saw a basket like that at my walmart also, the clerk said she thought they were closing out of fabric...grrrrrrr.. anyway, I also had promised not to buy any for awhile, so I had to pass.... nice buy for you ,,, happy quilting...

We have to e-mail wal mart and scream not to let the fabric dept go !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So i went to walmart today and I was so bummed. they didn't have any of the precut bolts. And when I asked the lady had zero clue as to what I was talking about. She told me that if I wanted a whole bolt of fabric I could buy it. She would just measure what was left on it lol. She was clueless

Is it possible that the walmarts that are doing this are the ones that are trying to get rid of fabric? as far as I know, my walmart doesn't have any either and they said they are keeping the fabric dept.

Maybe. I went to one that was about 50 minutes from my house today. I needed to go out that way anyways so it wasn't too much out of my way. I figured that they would have it since they have the biggest and best selection of fabrics out of the 3 in my area. I think I am going to try the one that's 30 min away this weekend. They have the smallest department so maybe they will have some. I could see them getting rid of the entire department and just selling those.

I went to a Walmart in another town today - called first and they had a fabric department. I did not find the bolts of fabric so asked the lady and she had never heard of it. she then told me that ALL WALMARTS ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE FABRIC DEPARTMENTS - SOONER OR LATER. Said they did not make any money on it and nobody sewed anymore. The young women did not sew for their families anymore and the old ladies that quilted were dying off. BUMMER

I talked to one of the people from home office at Wal Mart, about why they are closing the fabric depts. He said that on paper, that they weren't making enough money to pay for the space. He said people would only come in for the deals(Clearance). This was a couple years ago. I think with the economy changing, we are seeing more people shop for the regular priced fabric. May be if we all call 1-800-Wal Mart and give our opinion about closing them, it will make them take a second look at it. If enough of us call , they have to listen.

Wish we still had fabric at my 2 walmarts. :XD:

I wonder ? Is there anything that we as consumers can do to get Walmart to keep fabric in all of their stores? There are so many places that don't have any where else in our towns to buy fabric. It seems that they move in, run other stores out of business and then drop us like hot potatoes, when it comes to some items.

I better get to Walmart quick

I better get to Walmart quick

For what it's worth the WalMart in Greenville, PA it's in the western part of the state still has fabric, it's concided an amish comunity and therefore still has fabric, including the $5.00 a bolt and a complete department.

The Wal mart that still has fabric in my area had this but it was all mixed fibers. No 100% cotton. Be nice for other things
But not for quilting. I was so disapointed.

Well, I went to my walmart yesterday and, to my suprise they are remodeling!! I did find out that even though it is cut down to 1/4 the size, they will still have a fabric center (yippee), but when I asked about the $5 bolts, she thought I was crazy to think that any Walmart would even do this. I guess that means that we are now officially all crazy in that lady's opinion :lol: Anywho, I did get some fabric for my FWS as they had some very small print fabrics for $1.50 a yard, so I'm still a happy camper.

Because if they only carry precuts, they won't have to have someone at the counter to wait on people. my friend said someone told her they're trying really hard to keep the fabric in our WM here in Midland- i wish them luck.

What a great deal WM, I will go check it out. I have found great material there, as we are making pillow cases for cancer patents. (children) Trying for 1 million this year. So I'm always looking for cute material. I'm on my way!!