JOE’S, HAVE HAD TO TAKE ACTION AS WELL– IMPOSING LIMITS ON HOW MANY EGGS áONEá CUSTOMER CAN BUY. JOANN FABRICS IS NOW PLANNING TO CLOSE áALLá OF ITS STORES. THERE ARE FIVE STORE LOCATIONS IN MAINE — IN AUBURN, BANGOR, PORTLAND, TOPSHAM, AND WATERVILLE. GOING-OUT-OF- BUSINESS SALES WILL BE HELD AT ALL JOANN STORES.
Joann Fabrics announced it will be closing all 800 of its stores across the country.This news is making seamstresses and fabric artists nervous about where they will go to buy fabric.While online might seem like the best option, Jan Moser, an artist at Haberman Fabrics, an independent shop based in Michigan, explained that it is not that simple.”You look at it, and it may have more of a texture than you want; it can be thicker than you want in order to make a certain garment; you might need a fabric that’s a little finer,” Moser said.Lina Abdal, a seamstress and owner of Perfect Stitch in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, said the same thing.”In a picture, you cannot imagine how you’re going to receive it. Sometimes, it’s good quality, and sometimes, it’s not a good quality,” Abdal said.She liked Joann’s for more than just the ability to feel the fabric. She and her clients sourced many of their fabrics for custom designs from Joann’s because they were cheaper.The good news for these fabric artists is that other fabric stores are working to patch the holes left by the closure of big box stores, especially for those in search of quilting material.”We are expected to introduce a lot more quilting cottons in the spring, along with notions and a lot more things quilters need,” Moser said.
Joann Fabrics announced it will be closing all 800 of its stores across the country.
This news is making seamstresses and fabric artists nervous about where they will go to buy fabric.
While online might seem like the best option, Jan Moser, an artist at Haberman Fabrics, an independent shop based in Michigan, explained that it is not that simple.
“You look at it, and it may have more of a texture than you want; it can be thicker than you want in order to make a certain garment; you might need a fabric that’s a little finer,” Moser said.
Lina Abdal, a seamstress and owner of Perfect Stitch in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, said the same thing.
“In a picture, you cannot imagine how you’re going to receive it. Sometimes, it’s good quality, and sometimes, it’s not a good quality,” Abdal said.
She liked Joann’s for more than just the ability to feel the fabric. She and her clients sourced many of their fabrics for custom designs from Joann’s because they were cheaper.
The good news for these fabric artists is that other fabric stores are working to patch the holes left by the closure of big box stores, especially for those in search of quilting material.
“We are expected to introduce a lot more quilting cottons in the spring, along with notions and a lot more things quilters need,” Moser said.
