Our WM never gave up the fabric department, just reduced it. Now it is expanding. Some of the fabrics look good and are in pretty colors, but I will buy a small amount and wash it before buy a large piece. Most of it is not quality fabric, but I don't need the best for everything I do, but I do need it to wash well.

My choices are WM and 2 LQSs that don't have sales. The closest one has a sale the week after Christmas only.

I have not been in Wal-Mart for at least 6 months. If I watch the sales, my grocery store has better prices. Wal-Mart just doesn't have a clue.

I was at our new Walmart on Th. I did get black tone on tone from a bolt for $4.94/yd. A different craft/fabric store wanted $10.99 for a yd of black tone on tone... I did see many a bolt being sold as the whole bolt for LOW prices.. I did not check those out. Also in the clearance aisles were tubs of charm packs for about $7.00 but I don't know what they looked like inside the pack. I did not buy any of those either.. Just my yd of tone on tone(plus groceries).

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I was in one a few weeks ago that had a fabric department. I bought a few FQs, but the fabrics on the bolt are the same ol fabrics that they have carried for years (for the most part), yet the prices have gone up to over $6.00 a yard. When they had fabric for less than $4.00 a yard, I would let the kids pick out fabric for pillow cases, or make doll clothes or craft projects with Wal-Mart fabric, but not at what the prices are now.

I would rather go to JoAnns when their fabric is on sale, or order from Connecting Threads or Thousandsofbolts or wait for a sale at my LQS and spend a few more dollars to get quality fabric.

Local Walmart still has fabric but when I was checking it out for Valentine's material the sales clerk said they had not received any Valentine's material but did get lots of St. Patricks Day fabric! Go figure.

ITA! My local walmart is taking out the fabric at the end of the month. I still have one that is 45 minutes away that has it. But there prices just went up again a week ago. Apparently due to the cotton shortage. I told the lady that it was crazy I could wait for JoAnns to have a sale and get much better quality fabric.

I try to avoid Walmart. I hate shopping in huge stores, I hate waiting in a 20 deep line at the checkout. And I hate having to park in the boonies to just pick up one thing.
So, I go to my local merchants. The kind of places where you are greeted sincerely, your business is valued, and you can park right out front.
I guess I'm going back to the old way of doing things. Maybe shops being closed on Wednesday afternoons and Sundays will come back too!

me too

I buy two things at Walmart...dogfood...and coffee when it is on sale. Otherwise I don't shop there anymore