Originally Posted by hobbykat1955

Someone said on another message she was told all Walmarts will have fabric by end of July

Originally Posted by Terri Deweber

Our store in Denison, Tx was given the word this last week that it would not be going away as planned. In fact, it will be almost doubleing in size. Our store already has a great selection and pretty good prices. I sometimes can find the same fabric at Walmart as at Joanns for less. I am just thrilled. The Sherman store, about 10 minutes down the same hwy 75 will be remodeling to put theirs back in. YEA!! The manager said it would be going back into 2000 stores.

Originally Posted by mar32428

Walmart's problem is like so many stores. Their corporations are usually run by men and the stores are managed by men. The grocery corporations finally got smart and started putting women in charge of design etc. I don't care how much schooling they have. Men simply don't understand enuf about women and the way we think and shop. Wonder how much they lost with all this shifting and remodeling.

Originally Posted by owlvamp

I believe that if they do the ones I have been seeing is bringing back the precut fabrics.

Originally Posted by Yooper32

The reason that they got rid of fabric in most stores was because it was not cost effective in that the dollars taken in versus the area space plus the hourly wage of employees didn't cut it. Where their logic was wrong is the fact that those workers in that dept also had to work the craft and party goods aisle, those all being in the same general dept. In my store, and many, these depts were placed at opposite ends of the store, more or less, and when working in crafts, most certainly could not hear the pathetic dingy bell clear over in fabric. What they can't understand is, if someone is there at all times to cut fabric for customers, the dollars coming in would be worth the man hours in wages. Many times you will see people leave the bolts on the cutting table and leave, they have other things to do rather than standing there ringing a little bell. Why they can't understand this is just beyond my comprehension.

Originally Posted by Marysewfun

I commented to a little gal in the Dallas, OR, Wal-Mart that it looks like they are keeping it and she said as long as the "business" is there to support it. They have added some pretty nice bolts back in and there is a bin of $5 which is the 2 yds left on the end of a bolt - and they did tell me they would cut an order as small as 1/8 yd! Anyway, looks like we are okay now. Their thread selection is -okay- I wish they had more. I went back to buying cones online. I also started noticing some of the online fabrics and may give that a try.

Marysewfun

Originally Posted by Jazz

The quilters of San Antonio, TX collectively petitioned their mayor to speak to WalMart on their behalf to not discontinue their fabric and notions line. WalMart agreed and that's why the stores there never interrupted selling them.

Now that JoAnn's has been sold -- and their quality and selection has declined, and their prices have gone up, and many of their long-time employees have been replaced by part-time non-sewers -- WalMart's replacing their fabric and sewing departments in many of their stores.

In the meantime, though, I'm shopping at Hobby Lobby.

Originally Posted by Barbshobbies

Our Wal-Mart in Green Bay, remodeled thier regular size store to make a Super-Wal-Mart. They took out the fabric section and refuse to bring it back. You would think after adding all that room they would listen to thier regular people in the area, but they won`t put it back in. We do have those 1 yard pre-packaged things that no one wants. I was told to go the DePere, they have minable amounts and it`s way to far to go for that. I do not shop at any Wal-Mart now,but we did buy every thing for the house before the remodel and usually left about $100.00 every time we were there.

Originally Posted by Daleen

Our Walmart in Lewis Center, Ohio was remodeled this past spring and all the fabric was sold in two weeks. The batting, thread, notions, and mats were put in an aisle marked Home Entertainment. The fabric is sold in two yard increments and is available in cotton, fleece and maybe flannel. Perhaps 7-10 choices in prints are available. Our store also stocks jelly rolls and fat quarters. I've tried the cotton fabric. It was thin and see-through. I'm glad that the thread, needles, batting and other notions are still available.