Fabric at Wal-mart
#42
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Lebanon Missouri
Posts: 2,668
our WM has a lot of really nice fabrics that also sell at JoAnns for a 1/3 the price And WM will re-order a sold out fabric for you and call when its in.I never got that kind of customer service from Jo's.All my business goes to WM and Hancock's
#43
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Join Date: Oct 2011
Posts: 95
Wow! Awesome find...who cares about the thin...it's backing! Wish I could be that lucky! Our cheapest material is $1.50 to $2 ($1.99 to make you feel better). I love Walmart's fabric dept and hope they don't close the one by me and in my husband's hometown.
#44
I bought a "collection" from the WalMart clearance table for $1 a yard. After washing, cannot tell the difference from the prints I got at the LQS on clearance for $5 a yard. Not all fabric is excellent quality no matter where you get it.
#46
Originally Posted by Lioness3xs
I am not a Wal-mart fabric snubber. Some in my guild poo poo it but then I have to remember they are shop owners. The fabric companies that provide W's fabric are also suppling quilt shops but not with the same designs. One of my fave things about Walmart is they monthly pattern and fabric projects. The patterns are free to download off the internet and then you can buy the fabrics much cheaper then their regular fabrics. You can make a full sized quilt for under $30 cost for the top and this makes a great quilt for charity give away.
http://www.aenathan.com/index.php?tmpl=quiltofthemonth
http://www.aenathan.com/index.php?tmpl=quiltofthemonth
It's like groceries, and the people who say they won't buy food at Walmart. Let me tell you, go get your boxed prepared stuff and your canned stuff that you would buy elsewhere at Walmart. Check their prices against your receipts at the other stores. DelMonte and LIbbys at Walmart are the same product as they are at Publix. So are Jello, spices, etc. I don't let my dh buy frozen foods or meats there. I worked for Walmart, and I know how the shoppers would go get those foods FIRST then walk around getting everything else, for hours, then end up in line with no money, bad checks or cards. The food, including meats and frozen would go back, after being out so long, or sitting at the service desk. But it never hurt the canned or boxed items.
You just have to know what you are buying, and what not to buy.
#47
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: SoCal
Posts: 1,813
Originally Posted by G'ma Kay
I bought a "collection" from the WalMart clearance table for $1 a yard. After washing, cannot tell the difference from the prints I got at the LQS on clearance for $5 a yard. Not all fabric is excellent quality no matter where you get it.
#48
Originally Posted by QuilterChick
Purchasing fabric at WalMart is not going to keep our LQS's in business.
There is a thread here today about LQS going out of business. I will go without something else in order to help support the local business owners; and I am on a fixed income.
There is a thread here today about LQS going out of business. I will go without something else in order to help support the local business owners; and I am on a fixed income.
Now, if I were to buy one of the machines there....
#49
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 151
I agree...if it's economy you are after than Wal-Mart is the place to go because they look the same when finished sort of, but if you want feel, texture, and high thread count than Wal-Mart is not the place to go. I like the feeling of the fabrics from the fabric stores, the thread count is higher and it doesn't pill or feel scratchy. And then again it depends on what you are using the fabric for and I have found out that most people aren't fussy about the feel like I am. For me I have decided I will make fewer quilts so I can have the better fabric.
#50
Originally Posted by peggy463
I agree...if it's economy you are after than Wal-Mart is the place to go because they look the same when finished sort of, but if you want feel, texture, and high thread count than Wal-Mart is not the place to go. I like the feeling of the fabrics from the fabric stores, the thread count is higher and it doesn't pill or feel scratchy. And then again it depends on what you are using the fabric for and I have found out that most people aren't fussy about the feel like I am. For me I have decided I will make fewer quilts so I can have the better fabric.
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