too many quilt shops closing
#21
Super Member
Join Date: Apr 2012
Posts: 1,165
A LQS just opened in my area. It seems to only carry brights and that is not my style so I will not be going there to often. Unfortunally I have found that many LQS specilize in certains colors/styles of fabric so If I do not like that fabric then I do not go to that shop often. I wish more LQS would carry a large variety of fabric to match many stlyes. I have also found that some stores are carring machines and less fabric. I can not see the sense if carrying less fabric since we are not always in the market for machine but always need fabric!!!
#22
Member
Join Date: Dec 2012
Posts: 1
$5.00/yard
There are some of us who are still pricing quality fabric at $5/yard although I am paying more for it wholesale than that in some cases...
#23
Junior Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Minnesota
Posts: 175
It is sad that so many quilt shops are closing. We have a couple within a 200 mile radius that have stopped using the punch card on purchases and lower the cost of the fabric. When we go on a shop hop guess what shops sell the most.
#24
Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Cedar Hill, TX
Posts: 430
Yes I know you pay a bit more at you local LQS but if you continue to buy at Jo Ann and Walmart what are they to do. They have bills to pay just like we do. I have had a shop in the past but just could not compete.
#25
5 shops in all
Well at the beginning of the week the county where I live had three quilt shops, but now all are closing. I really wish I knew how to go about opening one up. The only "quilt" shops are 40 minutes away from my home, other than JoAnns. I really like to quality of the material carried by the shops. I guess I will just have to stock up before they close for good.
Wondering what the shop hop will be like. I stopped by the new one east of Manchester & Lindbergh yesterday, Janie Lou, cute but small, very nice owners. Carries French General, other Moda including the solids, and some Free Spirit, some laminates, some precuts - not exactly modern, a little more contemporary.
#26
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Greenwood, AR
Posts: 456
Well at the beginning of the week the county where I live had three quilt shops, but now all are closing. I really wish I knew how to go about opening one up. The only "quilt" shops are 40 minutes away from my home, other than JoAnns. I really like to quality of the material carried by the shops. I guess I will just have to stock up before they close for good.
#29
Super Member
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Bosque County, Texas
Posts: 2,709
The only LQS in my county is closing so the owner can travel. However, when I shopped in there I didn't feel particularly welcome, the fabric style was definitely not my style and when I asked about machine applique I was told that "Real quilters do needle applique!". Obviously I am not going to personally miss it but I'm sure others will.
#30
Super Member
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Illinois
Posts: 9,312
I think this has been the "perfect storm" , a high cost of fabric, high unemployment, high anxiety over the economy in general. Additionally, the realization amoungst many quilters that they have accumulated years of quilting making supplies. As consumers .. we might have gone on as we had accumulating , but the conditions in the market , that I mentioned earlier, prompted many to apply the breaks on spending. Lets face it for most of us our consumption rate ( fabric purchased) never matched the production rate. When you consider making a bed size quilt can cost $250 or more using top goods... its becomes apparent our loved hobby is an expensive one.
Sad to see local businesses shutter their doors.
Sad to see local businesses shutter their doors.
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