otsisto wrote:
<<Support your local specialty shop or shop smaller stores online. I
haven't bought fabric in Walmart for a long time and Hobby Lobby seems to be
following Walmart's lead in carrying less quantity and lesser quality
fabrics.>>
De: I guess you hadn't heard. Hobby Lobby decided to down size last year. I
was told that they are looking at possibly eliminating the upholstery
section.
Hobby Lobby is a crafts, art supply and home dec shop. They never were
very good for costume fabrics, at least in my area. Most of the stores I
have been in across their core region of Texas and OK concentrate on
quilting. The upholstery section is one aisle. With a couple of real
upholstery shops in the area, with better selection and the option to
have them do the work it's no wonder it isn't a big earner for them. But
I think HL, like a lot of chain stores are individually managed, so they
make decisions based on what is selling in their location.
We have a big discount upholstery fabric place less than a mile from the
bigger of several HL here in town, and I noticed this morning that it
has big "clearance" and "closing" signs all over it now. And this is
right in the middle of yuppie-ville and the kind of folks who re-do
furniture every year or two, so my guess is upholstery is not doing well
for anyone these days. The question is, do I take advantage of their
misfortune and buy more fabric, or pass because I already have more than
I need stacked in my sewing room now?
Dawn
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