When they built a new Super Wal-mart in Asheville,NC a couple of years ago, folks from the smaller store that was closing raised such a fuss that the new one got a fabric department (small, but still it's something). But a clerk there told me that when they re-model that store after 5 years, it will lose the fabric, too. It seems there are a lot of us concerned about this- I think we may need to organize an effort to give Wal-mart the message that the public wants the fabric dept. I would think Wal-mart is in the business to make money- our voices should count for something.