Re: [h-cost] Wal-Mart fabrics ........1 reason why their goingout..(imho)
My local Super Wally Worlds (we have 3) used to carry 90% good to excellent fabric, then they decided to phase it out 2 years ago. So when the they ran into opposition they started to carry more crap fabric. This ploy was to discourage customers to go elsewhere so that they can eliminate the fabric department. Most of the fabric sales people at my WWs are friendly and knowledgeable. De -Original Message- Could it be the fact that they carry crap fabric in all the Walmarts perhaps be the reason, _why_ they are not profitable? Also that the people employed in the dept.are not fabric savvy? My local Walmart (la habra,Calif) has a woman who works there ,Rosetta,who literally layed across the cutting table because she was tired of cutting my order.I was making it very easy by purchasing the entire bolt,of most of the fabrics, and ordering 10 yrd increments of the ones I didn't purchase in toto. With employees like this who state "Aren't you done yet?" when you're trying to buy cloth, can run it into the ground. Plus buying only 1970 reject neon print polyester knits, doesn't make for a core of saleable merchandise. that is not even fit for the $1 table. Too bad,better fabric, more savvy people could give JoAnns a run for their money, as my JoAnn's has turned into a craft store with fabric as a side line. Melody otsisto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The fabric department issue has been around long before Martha. Wal-Mart goes by the bottom line, their reasoning is that "for the amount of time that it takes for a sales person to cut and measure the fabric, in the electronics department would have sold three items". Besides, Martha doesn't seem to be the kind of person to make such a request. Wally just picked their least profitable department (in their eyes) De -Original Message- Anyone see the ad on tv that Martha Stewart is now selling her wares in Walmart? Wonder if that was part of her "deal", to get rid of the fabric department to make room for her merchandise. Just speculating, don't shoot me! :) Cactus Mercy sakes, I hope not - already have to fight with Himself to go to Kmart for something, just because he despises Martha so much. If we can't go to Walmart either, that means a 300+mile round trip to a mall Liadain ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Wal-Mart fabrics ........1 reason why their going out..(imho)
I gave up on Walmart years ago. There is never anyone around to cut the fabric. That's probably part of why they are losing sales. Ron Carnegie -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Melody Watts Sent: Friday, August 08, 2008 7:23 PM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] Wal-Mart fabrics 1 reason why their going out..(imho) Could it be the fact that they carry crap fabric in all the Walmarts perhaps be the reason, _why_ they are not profitable? Also that the people employed in the dept.are not fabric savvy? My local Walmart (la habra,Calif) has a woman who works there ,Rosetta,who literally layed across the cutting table because she was tired of cutting my order.I was making it very easy by purchasing the entire bolt,of most of the fabrics, and ordering 10 yrd increments of the ones I didn't purchase in toto. With employees like this who state "Aren't you done yet?" when you're trying to buy cloth, can run it into the ground. Plus buying only 1970 reject neon print polyester knits, doesn't make for a core of saleable merchandise. that is not even fit for the $1 table. Too bad,better fabric, more savvy people could give JoAnns a run for their money, as my JoAnn's has turned into a craft store with fabric as a side line. Melody otsisto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The fabric department issue has been around long before Martha. Wal-Mart goes by the bottom line, their reasoning is that "for the amount of time that it takes for a sales person to cut and measure the fabric, in the electronics department would have sold three items". Besides, Martha doesn't seem to be the kind of person to make such a request. Wally just picked their least profitable department (in their eyes) De -Original Message- Anyone see the ad on tv that Martha Stewart is now selling her wares in Walmart? Wonder if that was part of her "deal", to get rid of the fabric department to make room for her merchandise. Just speculating, don't shoot me! :) Cactus Mercy sakes, I hope not - already have to fight with Himself to go to Kmart for something, just because he despises Martha so much. If we can't go to Walmart either, that means a 300+mile round trip to a mall Liadain ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Wal-Mart fabric dept.
Driven all the independent fabric stores out of business within a fair sized radius by low-balling them and now THEY go out of the Fabric business? Seems typical. Drive all other possible competition out and leave room only for the cheap, Chinese stuff, made by people earning cents an hour with few safety features, less health regulations, and outlawed unions. This tends to make the $1.00 a yard stuff too expensive. Particularly if you are an unemployed fabric maker in the Carolinas. Might as well send .50 to China and .50 to the Walton family. I think I'll continue to praise the Powers that Be that Wal-Mart hasn't succeeded in taking over Portland and environs (several towns around are fighting it tooth and nail because of its eventual "buy from us or die" strategy. Pendleton Wool at $4.99 a yard, linen at less than that if you know what you are looking for and are ready when the sales come up. Wanda > > Today I was informed that since things have settled down, > Wal-Mart feels it > is safe to go ahead with it's plan to get rid of their fabrics. > New Stores will not have the fabric dept. Some stores will phase out the > fabric dept. and a few will have 2 and 3 yard pieces for sale. > I was told at one store that they will no longer be ordering for the $1.00 > table. They have already stopped ordering replacement of many of their non > sale fabrics, like satin. > So if you have a Wal-Mart with a fabric department it will probably go bye > bye by January 2009. > > De > > ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Wal-Mart fabrics ........1 reason why their going out..(imho)
Could it be the fact that they carry crap fabric in all the Walmarts perhaps be the reason, _why_ they are not profitable? Also that the people employed in the dept.are not fabric savvy? My local Walmart (la habra,Calif) has a woman who works there ,Rosetta,who literally layed across the cutting table because she was tired of cutting my order.I was making it very easy by purchasing the entire bolt,of most of the fabrics, and ordering 10 yrd increments of the ones I didn't purchase in toto. With employees like this who state "Aren't you done yet?" when you're trying to buy cloth, can run it into the ground. Plus buying only 1970 reject neon print polyester knits, doesn't make for a core of saleable merchandise. that is not even fit for the $1 table. Too bad,better fabric, more savvy people could give JoAnns a run for their money, as my JoAnn's has turned into a craft store with fabric as a side line. Melody otsisto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The fabric department issue has been around long before Martha. Wal-Mart goes by the bottom line, their reasoning is that "for the amount of time that it takes for a sales person to cut and measure the fabric, in the electronics department would have sold three items". Besides, Martha doesn't seem to be the kind of person to make such a request. Wally just picked their least profitable department (in their eyes) De -Original Message- Anyone see the ad on tv that Martha Stewart is now selling her wares in Walmart? Wonder if that was part of her "deal", to get rid of the fabric department to make room for her merchandise. Just speculating, don't shoot me! :) Cactus Mercy sakes, I hope not - already have to fight with Himself to go to Kmart for something, just because he despises Martha so much. If we can't go to Walmart either, that means a 300+mile round trip to a mall Liadain ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] OT: Quick change artists
Robin Netherton wrote: Absolutely amazing. I think -- after replaying multiple times -- that the green one unfolds from the shoulders into the blue one, but I can't figure out the rest of them, and even with unfolding, I can't imagine how you could fit more than two or three in any one garment. http://home.comcast.net/~x.watermist/Non.html explains how it works. It's very cool, even if you know the secret. :) W -- *---+---+--* \ Wendi Dunlap-Simpson | litlnemo at slumberland.seattle.wa.us | dear/ / Seattle, Wash., USA | http://www.slumberland.seattle.wa.us | 23 \ *--"Somehow everything will be a little different than you thought"* ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] OT: Quick change artists
This is definitely costume, but not historical, so this is OT, but I had to show this around. Or am I the last person to know about this? The video has been up for a couple of years: http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=RB-wUgnyGv0 Absolutely amazing. I think -- after replaying multiple times -- that the green one unfolds from the shoulders into the blue one, but I can't figure out the rest of them, and even with unfolding, I can't imagine how you could fit more than two or three in any one garment. Whatever technology they use, I wonder if it could be used to create a series that takes you through time, e.g. decade by decade in the 1900s. (OK, so now at least this post is historical.) --Robin ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Wal-Mart fabrics
The fabric department issue has been around long before Martha. Wal-Mart goes by the bottom line, their reasoning is that "for the amount of time that it takes for a sales person to cut and measure the fabric, in the electronics department would have sold three items". Besides, Martha doesn't seem to be the kind of person to make such a request. Wally just picked their least profitable department (in their eyes) De -Original Message- Anyone see the ad on tv that Martha Stewart is now selling her wares in Walmart? Wonder if that was part of her "deal", to get rid of the fabric department to make room for her merchandise. Just speculating, don't shoot me! :) Cactus Mercy sakes, I hope not - already have to fight with Himself to go to Kmart for something, just because he despises Martha so much. If we can't go to Walmart either, that means a 300+mile round trip to a mall Liadain ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] walmart fabrics
When the department manager could order the bins at our Walmarts, they would get in about 60% of the decent to good stuff like 100% raw silk, 100% cotton brocade, brocades, jaquards...etc. Then when upper management took over and didn't know what the customer wanted in the fabric section the stuff was 85% crap. One of the stores still gets in the black fabric for the students. Wal-Mart says that fewer people sew today but in my town, with two colleges and one university, 5 different types of reinactment groups, two, soon to be three high schools (though the 2 -3 yd. pre-cuts would work for them for their HES/HE class), one children's theatre, Amish, several sororities, and fraternities, we need more then just Jo Ann's who tends to lean towards the quilter's and crafters side. New members of SCA who are students can't always afford Jo Ann's and sometimes cannot wait for the sales. Since more SCA events are camping, one needs to have more then one outfit so that their ride to the event will let them ride home with them after the event. :) De -Original Message- but occasionally you could find some decent cottons at least. Yes, I found an absolutely wonderful blue and orange plaid cotton once, just like a turn-of-the-nineteenth century madras. Ann Wass ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] walmart fabrics
Anyone see the ad on tv that Martha Stewart is now selling her wares in Walmart? Wonder if that was part of her "deal", to get rid of the fabric department to make room for her merchandise. Just speculating, don't shoot me! :) Cactus Mercy sakes, I hope not - already have to fight with Himself to go to Kmart for something, just because he despises Martha so much. If we can't go to Walmart either, that means a 300+mile round trip to a mall Liadain ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] walmart fabrics
but occasionally you could find some decent cottons at least. Yes, I found an absolutely wonderful blue and orange plaid cotton once, just like a turn-of-the-nineteenth century madras. Ann Wass -Original Message- From: Joan Broneske <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: 'Historical Costume' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Fri, 8 Aug 2008 1:31 pm Subject: Re: [h-cost] walmart fabrics Wouldn't surprise me in the least. "Life Celebrations"? Yeah, sounds like a Martha Stewart kind of label. It's too bad really. It's not like they had a huge craft section to begin with, but for people who may not have a regular craft or fabric store near them (but usually have a Walmart, of course!) it was fine. Unfortunately, most of their sale table fabrics were icky, cheap polyester, but occasionally you could find some decent cottons at least. I'm sure a lot of it has to do with the target "clientele" and the usual clientele of the store don't craft a lot or sew, so they are catering to them. Why make clothes when you can buy Walmart's cheap, *hitty Chinese clothes! The Walmart closest to me has a fair-sized craft/fabric section, but the next closest one to me has no fabric and only a very small crafts section. . /' // . // |\//7 /' " \ . . . | (\ '._ | '._ ''. ' /\'-'_---. ) ) . :.' | \ | .. . . ' .| | | \^ /_-': / / | |'\ .' / /| | \\ | \ \( ) // / \ | |// / ! ! // / Joan Broneske [_] |[_| [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Cactus Sent: Friday, August 08, 2008 9:20 AM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] walmart fabrics Anyone see the ad on tv that Martha Stewart is now selling her wares in Walmart? Wonder if that was part of her "deal", to get rid of the fabric department to make room for her merchandise. Just speculating, don't shoot me! :) Cactus --- On Thu, 8/7/08, Susan Data-Samtak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Susan Data-Samtak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [h-cost] walmart fabrics > To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > D ate: Thursday, August 7, 2008, 6:57 PM > The reply to my Walmart messge about Fabrics: > > > >>Thank you for your message. > > Dear Susan, > > Thank you for your recent inquiry regarding the fabric > department in > your local store. As with any merchandise decision that we > make, we > have based our decision to reduce the stitching and fabric > departments > on customer demand, which does not appear to be as high > today for a > full stitching and fabric offering in some markets as it > may have been > at Wal-Mart in the past. > > In keeping with our emphasis on being a store of the > community, Wal- > Mart is converting the fabrics and crafts department in > some stores to > a newly expanded assortment of merchandise that focuses on > life's > celebrations. We are thrilled to offer our customers this > exciting > new crafts and celebrations center that makes available > craft and > party planning needs along with information on current > trends and new > ideas in the area of life's celebrations, such as > holidays, weddings > and birthdays. > > In those stores where the new crafts and celebrations > center is > placed, merchandise commonly referred to as > 'notions' will be included > in the product offerings - such as sewing machines, yarn, > needles, > thread, etc. As a part of this conversion, most of our new > and > remodeled stores that opened earlier this year, as well as > a small > number of existing stores, will feature the new crafts and > > celebrations center in place of bolt fabrics. Wal-Mart > will continue > to carry cut fabric in most of our stores. Due to the > continued > evaluation of our stores, we are unable to share a list of > existing > stores scheduled to receive the new crafts and celebrations > center at > this time. > > Thank you, > Wal-Mart Customer Relations > > > ___ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume __ _ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] walmart fabrics
Maggie wrote: "Crafts and Celebrations" certainly sounds as iof it could be Martha-related. I have seen the crafts and celebrations aisle. It's full of simple craft items for making invitations, baby shower and wedding tokens, and junk like that. I think there may have been some clothing embellishment items, like rhinestones and iron on patches. I went there once over a year ago, and haven't been back, the department didn't impress me. Frankly, it looked like the kind of cheap tacky plastic chinese crap Martha would turn her nose up at. Dawn ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] walmart fabrics
Wouldn't surprise me in the least. "Life Celebrations"? Yeah, sounds like a Martha Stewart kind of label. It's too bad really. It's not like they had a huge craft section to begin with, but for people who may not have a regular craft or fabric store near them (but usually have a Walmart, of course!) it was fine. Unfortunately, most of their sale table fabrics were icky, cheap polyester, but occasionally you could find some decent cottons at least. I'm sure a lot of it has to do with the target "clientele" and the usual clientele of the store don't craft a lot or sew, so they are catering to them. Why make clothes when you can buy Walmart's cheap, *hitty Chinese clothes! The Walmart closest to me has a fair-sized craft/fabric section, but the next closest one to me has no fabric and only a very small crafts section. . /' // . // |\//7 /' " \ . . . | (\ '._ | '._ ''. ' /\'-'_---. ) ) . :.' | \ | .. . . ' .| | | \^ /_-': / / | |'\ .' / /| | \\ | \ \( ) // / \ | |// / ! ! // / Joan Broneske [_] |[_| [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Cactus Sent: Friday, August 08, 2008 9:20 AM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] walmart fabrics Anyone see the ad on tv that Martha Stewart is now selling her wares in Walmart? Wonder if that was part of her "deal", to get rid of the fabric department to make room for her merchandise. Just speculating, don't shoot me! :) Cactus --- On Thu, 8/7/08, Susan Data-Samtak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Susan Data-Samtak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [h-cost] walmart fabrics > To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Thursday, August 7, 2008, 6:57 PM > The reply to my Walmart messge about Fabrics: > > > >>Thank you for your message. > > Dear Susan, > > Thank you for your recent inquiry regarding the fabric > department in > your local store. As with any merchandise decision that we > make, we > have based our decision to reduce the stitching and fabric > departments > on customer demand, which does not appear to be as high > today for a > full stitching and fabric offering in some markets as it > may have been > at Wal-Mart in the past. > > In keeping with our emphasis on being a store of the > community, Wal- > Mart is converting the fabrics and crafts department in > some stores to > a newly expanded assortment of merchandise that focuses on > life's > celebrations. We are thrilled to offer our customers this > exciting > new crafts and celebrations center that makes available > craft and > party planning needs along with information on current > trends and new > ideas in the area of life's celebrations, such as > holidays, weddings > and birthdays. > > In those stores where the new crafts and celebrations > center is > placed, merchandise commonly referred to as > 'notions' will be included > in the product offerings - such as sewing machines, yarn, > needles, > thread, etc. As a part of this conversion, most of our new > and > remodeled stores that opened earlier this year, as well as > a small > number of existing stores, will feature the new crafts and > > celebrations center in place of bolt fabrics. Wal-Mart > will continue > to carry cut fabric in most of our stores. Due to the > continued > evaluation of our stores, we are unable to share a list of > existing > stores scheduled to receive the new crafts and celebrations > center at > this time. > > Thank you, > Wal-Mart Customer Relations > > > ___ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] walmart fabrics
"Crafts and Celebrations" certainly sounds as iof it could be Martha-related. MaggiRos On Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 9:20 AM, Cactus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Anyone see the ad on tv that Martha Stewart is now selling her wares in > Walmart? Wonder if that was part of her "deal", to get rid of the fabric > department to make room for her merchandise. Just speculating, don't shoot > me! :) > > -- Maggie Secara ~A Compendium of Common Knowledge 1558-1603 ISBN 978-0-9818401-0-9 Available at http://elizabethan.org/compendium/paperback or your favorite online bookseller ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] walmart fabrics
Anyone see the ad on tv that Martha Stewart is now selling her wares in Walmart? Wonder if that was part of her "deal", to get rid of the fabric department to make room for her merchandise. Just speculating, don't shoot me! :) Cactus --- On Thu, 8/7/08, Susan Data-Samtak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Susan Data-Samtak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [h-cost] walmart fabrics > To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Thursday, August 7, 2008, 6:57 PM > The reply to my Walmart messge about Fabrics: > > > >>Thank you for your message. > > Dear Susan, > > Thank you for your recent inquiry regarding the fabric > department in > your local store. As with any merchandise decision that we > make, we > have based our decision to reduce the stitching and fabric > departments > on customer demand, which does not appear to be as high > today for a > full stitching and fabric offering in some markets as it > may have been > at Wal-Mart in the past. > > In keeping with our emphasis on being a store of the > community, Wal- > Mart is converting the fabrics and crafts department in > some stores to > a newly expanded assortment of merchandise that focuses on > life's > celebrations. We are thrilled to offer our customers this > exciting > new crafts and celebrations center that makes available > craft and > party planning needs along with information on current > trends and new > ideas in the area of life's celebrations, such as > holidays, weddings > and birthdays. > > In those stores where the new crafts and celebrations > center is > placed, merchandise commonly referred to as > 'notions' will be included > in the product offerings - such as sewing machines, yarn, > needles, > thread, etc. As a part of this conversion, most of our new > and > remodeled stores that opened earlier this year, as well as > a small > number of existing stores, will feature the new crafts and > > celebrations center in place of bolt fabrics. Wal-Mart > will continue > to carry cut fabric in most of our stores. Due to the > continued > evaluation of our stores, we are unable to share a list of > existing > stores scheduled to receive the new crafts and celebrations > center at > this time. > > Thank you, > Wal-Mart Customer Relations > > > ___ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] walmart fabrics
People are still sewing in my neck of the woods, but a lot more careful about waiting for sales. They are also concerned about fabric quality, esp thread count among quilters. I think it is tied in more with the economy--most people have been losing spending power in dollars earned for a long time(hence Walmart, etc) and now the chickens have come home to roost, so to speak. Fabric retailers are more and more owned by big conglomerates that are more concerned with bottom line profits. Consumers are buying a lot fewer clothes and I've seen more than one back-to-school shopping kid throw a temper tantrum because Mom and Dad are now shopping Payless shoes and Target(where I buy my own shoes and have for a long time), instead of buying them expensive name-brand shoes. Of course, I still see a lot of older kids buying multiple pairs of Nike's or whatever(and wonder where the money comes from!) Cindy Abel -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2008 9:58 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [h-cost] walmart fabrics PS But at least you seem to have gotten a reasoned response. And I will be writing, too. Thanks again for letting us see that at least someone is paying attention. I was with a group of true believers last weekend, and, while we were all lamenting the disappearance of fabric stores, we agreed it is because folks aren't sewing anymore--which is just what Walmart told you. Ann Wass **Looking for a car that's sporty, fun and fits in your budget? Read reviews on AOL Autos. (http://autos.aol.com/cars-BMW-128-2008/expert-review?ncid=aolaut0005000 017 ) ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
