Michaels picking up Joann Fabrics products
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Comments (16)There are the reasons I refuse to give Joann's Fabrics any of my business. It especially irks me that they put everything "on sale" at the same time they issue a 40-50% off coupon, not good on sale items. I know some members are stuck with JoAnn's or Walmart for their fabrics, but I must say, there are wonderful internet vendors out there!! Seriously, check them out! My personal favorite is Hancock's of Paducah, simply because they carry my preferred batting, and I could (when I was in business) get poly fiberfill for the needlepoint pillows I made. But there are many more internet vendors. I have never hesitated to order from HofP. They have wonderful customer service, an easy website, a great catalog (and the photo colors are accurate). Connecting Threads is another good site with high quality fabrics, but frankly, their catalogue colors can be WAY off. The fabric is still very high quality, and I'm not trying to run them down. Those of you with just Joann's or Walmart might want to search the forum for recommendations. I won't go to either J or W ever again. My LQS is small, and I always check them first for any fabrics I need (usually the $8-10 range), but if they don't have what I need, the internet is next. Mary...See MorePicking Upholstery Fabric - finding it impossible
Comments (51)Dee - That valance is beautiful! I've never known exactly what to do with the windows in this corner. There are two other windows (one front, one on side) in the front of the room. jterrilynn - there are TOO many directions to go in. And I like lots of different things! I also think that it can be hard to judge things from pictures, especially my bad ones. For instance, my walls are much much darker and yellow-y IRL. I will post pics but I am afraid people will just shake their heads and say "Those poor chairs, and we all did our best to help that crazy woman". As I wait for the squiggle sample to arrive, I've been researching squiggles. According the the dictionary, the word wasn't used as a noun until 1902. But I've seen fabric from the mid-1800s with whatever they were called back then. I've found jewelry from the 1930s and fabric from various time periods. As I've been looking at all this fabric is surprising how much of it seems so modern-looking. It's interesting that we often have a very wrong idea of what is "historic" Completely OT, but our state capitol building here in Maryland has a dome that's been painted white for nearly 200 years. But actually each tier was originally painted a different color: "lemon gold, muted blue and honey bordering on apricot". Sounds crazy, huh? Here is a link that might be useful: MD capitol...See MoreHancock Fabrics via Michael's Craft Stores
Comments (13)I don't think this is left over fabric. There were two Hancock's stores fairly close to me and they sold to the walls in the "going out of business sale". There was nothing left you would want to buy a month before they actually closed. For those who are not familiar, Hancock's was a fabric company based in Mississippi (I think it was MS, but it was the south for sure). About 40 years ago, it was an outlet type fabric store. You could find some buys, but you had to dig through a lot to find it. When I took up quilting, they didn't seem so much like an outlet store anymore. They carried fabric, hobby merchandise and small decorating items. Their fabric was mid-priced. Most were private label goods with few brand names. I would say they were comparable to what Joann's was a few years ago. (I think JoAnn's quality has improved in some areas lately.) So, basically, I'm guessing Michael's bought the name, not inventory. bkay...See MoreJoanns? stay or be gone?
Comments (15)I remember Sofro Fabrics. It was one of the first to close when they all began to topple like dead trees. There were changes in the textile industry about that same time and that is the time when most textile mills here turned off the machines and left the building. Some parts of the world that had been textiles intensive just fell hard. It is my understanding that England had a healthy textiles industry that went down. Our own was already faltering by that time. I think that what happened to the textiles industry had a lot to do with the demise in home sewing. I am not sure at all just what brought about the changes and the demise, but I suspect that it had something to do with cheap overseas labor. It was not long that the industry stopped producing those old types of fabrics that we took for granted were going to be there in the store. It turned to synthetic knits and that god awful fleece. It is my opinion that they turned to producing the types of fabrics that suited the fast fashion industry for factory make clothing and left behind the market for better fabrics that many of us used to buy. What the factory needed was knits for cheap tshirts. There was very little fit of any kind involved and they needed no construction details such as bust darts or shoulder darts. Out sourcing cheap overseas labor gave us a standard for cheap clothes. Some things I would not even bother to sew, such as most t-shirts. I never did like sewing with knits, anyway. I still sew my pants and simple dresses to just how I like them and I am glad that I can do that. I will use mostly linen now because it is just about the only real fabric that is left to buy. But don't look for it a Joanns in any meaningful quantity or quality. One reason that you might have gotten the different responses from men and from women is likely that more women feel that they "own" the ability to sew, whereas most men don't. Men have no reason to pretend that they know anything about it, and, therefore, they have no reason to make apologies as to the fact that they are paying someone else to do it. I used to have a sewing business for home dec. I used feel the dismissiveness from some of my female customers as they wrote me off as the "sewing lady" and they viewed it as a lowly labor, although they could not do for themselves. I always dealt with the "lady of the house". My ability to sew something special for them was not a skill set that they had a real acknowledgement of. This was especially true of those who had more recently come from cultures where sewing is viewed as common labor. In some cultures there is someone who sews, just as there is someone who bakes the bread or does the laundry. Many cultures out source these labors to those in the community that provide those services, rather than doing them in their own homes. Yes, I remember So fro fabrics. At that time there was still Hancocks. Now there is nothing as far as I concerned....See More- 8 months agolast modified: 8 months ago
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