😓Joann Fabrics Closes Forever
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- Опубликовано: 28 авг 2024
- Trails of tears is all that will be left after Joann Fabrics Closes it's doors for good On March 30, 2024. I live in a deeply depressed area & crafting has helped so many. Now with Joann's closing...I'm not sure what will happen. I know you can order online now...but it's not the same as going to a "real" store. For me, there is a deep sadness in my heart.
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FYI 💥 Not All Joann Fabrics Were Affected. My Store Just Happened To Be 1 Of Many That Closed Forever❤️🩹.
Which location is this that's closing?
Northeast Ohio✅
@@TheSewingChannel ok I understand. I'm so sorry for you, I totally understand how you feel. I live outside the US but whenever I visit, Joann Fabrics is at the top of my list. So sorry 😥
So Sad to see this 😢
Very sorry to hear this. Lots of memories for sure.
I work at a JoAnn’s store, we received word yesterday that MOST 😊stores will be staying open. They filed bankruptcy but the new owners want to keep them open. Here’s hoping!!!
Thank GOD.
Hope our stores don't close.
How is it they filed but have new owners? Did the new owners not assume the debt along with the assets?
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@@karenkay8928They should IMO but big business apparently have more privileges than private folks
I hope the new management will bring back better fabrics. I miss hancocks
My neice started Cosplay when she was 14, so by 18 she decided to sew more than costumes. All we had by then was JAs. I kept telling her how wonderful Hancock's was, but she just couldn't grasp it.
Five years later she graduates in Architecture, lands an awesome job in a large city and finds a great condo in a nice complex to rent downtown. First time she came came back to visit, she was so excited to see me. "Aunt T, guess what? I can walk out of my front door, walk about 50 feet to exit the complex, turn right, walk one block, make another right and guess what the second store is? Hancock's!!! OMG! Now I understand what a real fabric store is!!!" At least she got to experience it for a bit......
Geez. You and I are old! LOL My mom helped me purchase all the sewing items I needed to take Home Ec in the seventh grade.
The struggle is real! The one nearest me closed almost a year ago. I've learned to appreciate Hobby Lobby's fabri depth, but have to shop online a lot. It's better to see and touch fabric...our world has become so impersonal. Hugs
I totally agree with you.👍
So so true...impersonal
We only have one hobby lobby in my area
@@tammyboykin5285 mine to.
We don’t support hobby lobby! Horrid company 💔
I am so disappointed, fabric is beautiful and to be able to walk in a store and look and feel with your own hands is quite amazing!
And I agree about JoAnn's. I've been saying all along I could just sit down and cry about them closing the store.
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In the early 80's there was 5 different fabric stores within 30 min..it's a changing world...
I can remember that too and it was fantastic.
Me too, made a lot of clothes then and for my daughter also, good quality stuff too…sad😢
There was Pieced Goods,Hancock and now JoAnn’s
So sad to see this. In the late 1970s I used to work p/t at our local ClothWorld. I was a sewer before I started but learned so much more from the other employees as well as clients.
As schools drop Home Ec no one will learn.
In my local Joann’s most all the employees are nice. They finally got a clue the quilting is big and they put together a whole section on quilting fabrics, and necessary tools. They have brought in layer cakes, charm packs and jelly rolls. Now if they could add Moda and other fabrics I like it would be so great but they at least are stepping up and noticing what would be an improvement! I hope they stay in business.
Mine was in a mall too! Just closed in January said the rent was going up too high. Maybe the stand alone stores will make it. I hate online shopping can't feel the fabric. How sad.
It is sad, this is what on-line shopping has done.
Yes, but mostly what Amazon has done. Will NEVER shop Amazon and no one should. More and more stores of all kinds to come. That was the government's plan.
It's not online shopping, JoAnn was online and even selling internationally and doing well. Because they were in profit they got bought out by a non-craft company who installed a load of people who had been selling sports equipment and, in one case, weapons of mass destruction, in executive positions, and they drove it into the ground.
They need to understand (I have to laugh at this...I don't think they want to understand) that we want to feel the texture and drape of fabric, and to see the color and scale of the prints, etc. I have so much on-line fabric that doesn't meet my needs! A lot of Joann's Keepsake calico is stiff reminding me of lightweight canvas.
@@jeanniebee8235and perhaps Keepsake Calico feeling like canvas is part of their problem? Who wants to buy 100% cotton for quilting of clothing that handles more like canvas? Quality is not always what is should be at Joann’s and sewists know this…great place for costume wear… I always have a problem with high everyday prices. Their sale prices are where they shoukd be priced all of the time… no gimmicks and coupons trying to catch clueless shoppers! And keep the store clean, please?
So so sad!! I am sorry. All the great craft projects I bought at Joannes through out the years from age 8 and I am 59 this year!!😢😢
That's what makes me sad too...all the inspiration and supplies that I've gotten over the years....
While it's quite sad to see stores closing down , especially with the emo music playing in the background, we gotta take a step back and see what's really going on here.
Chances are, this closure didn't come out of the blue. It's likely been brewing for some time due to some serious mismanagement at the top levels of the company and I read that there’s been over priced products and rude staff. It's been pretty obvious for a while that things haven't been going so well.
Instead of just getting all sad and mopey about it, let's use this as a chance to reflect and demand better from the company. They need to own up and make some changes to their business practices so we don't see more stores closing in the future! Imho 🤷♀️
I’m so sorry your local store is closing too.,our local Joann’s closed a few months ago and I realized how Joann’s was my happy place, I could touch and feel the fabric and see the true colors of the fabrics before purchasing. Now, like someone else mentioned the next fabric store is about 25 min away. We are creatives, and we will work it out! Right! ❤
So sorry your store is closing! I’m afraid of what stores in my area will be next! Not all of us quilters can afford getting fabric at the specialty quilt stores, which by the way are closing too! 😢😢😢
Going to JOANN is therapy for me. I hope the company is able to recover!
In my opinion, once the family sold the original Cleveland Fabric, the quality, inventory types, and customer service declined. Then it became a craft store. Some of the younger sewists will never know what once was a wonderful shopping experience. I am sad for the employees, but will not miss the current corporation.
I stopped shopping there a few years ago after a return incident. Bought an item online and it wasn't going to work for what I needed it for. Took it to the nearest store over 80 miles away to return. Cost $50 and they wanted a $25 restocking fee!!!!!! I was floored. The ladies in line behind me were tripping because I was so angry and heard what was going on. I left and never went back.
It's sad to see a store closing. I often think of the employees and if they can get work somewhere else.
I was in my local Joann's today and it's a newer store, opened about 5 years ago. Lots of empty spaces and several last chance areas. About half the fabric available was fleece. I am hoping they are just reorganizing to bring in all the new prints they have online. A store an hour away moved to a new building and I love it, so much room for fabric and the back 1/3 of the store is yarn. I have to drive to another state if I want a 'local' yarn shop😢 I really hope the company survives, not much left around us anymore!!
Always so much fleece! I'm in Texas. It's even available in the summer.
@@cathyblood6864Oh my gosh, they bring it out of the back on large rolling carts, lined up back to back. And it's on top of most of the display racks.
Oh my gosh. So sad. They have been around forever. Hopefully they’ll stay in business with the new owners.
Very sad, I remember going there with my mom when I was little...
Heart breaking
So glad that my Joann’s is staying open. I love going there. They are so nice at my store.❤🎉😊❤️💕🙏🫶
I do hope with new management they realize it is a fabric store! We want high standards of fabric and a large collection of sewing items. no flags, candles, knick-knacks, lawn art.
This is so sad for so many people. I have one near me and they assured me they weren't closing. I pray that's true. 🙏
I’m Canadian, and I only went there once. I had to pick up my jaw several times bc I’d see something I’ve only seen in RUclips and stuff I can’t find around me. I always said I’d go there again. Hopefully this summer, I can go again.
I'm worried about mine now. The store here is just as empty as the one you are showing except this one has a ton of fleece. And there is still a ton of decorative items which has some of the same items as Family Dollar.
So sad. I need them!
Our Joann Fabrics closed several years back in my area. We were all heart broken. Since then a local sewing shop opened up a quilting fabric store which is wonderful, but 5he fabric is 2-3 times more expensive. I know I sure miss our Joann’s fabric and the great sales they had. The closest one is to me is like 1 hour drive, which makes it hard I’m thankful we still have Hobby Lobby or I’d be hurting for fabric.
The closest to me is an hour and 15 min I make that trip once a month. Would love to have one closer🙌
My closest JoAnn is an hr away. You'll plan better, and you'll get used to it ❤
It is so sad so many stores are closing, not just JoAnn's. Although I think I miss Joann's the most 😢.
The entire corporation is in terrible financial trouble. They have filed for bankruptcy and will most likely be closing many more stores in the near future. Very sad.
That's very sad. It's really upsetting when your local sewing shop closes its doors. The local one that had a machine serviceman closed last week, the nearest repair agent is now 4 1/2 hours away. As an aside - I was surprised to see that you had your items in a plastic shopping bag. Single use plastic bags have been illegal here in Australia for some time. Reusable shopping bags made from 'what was I thinking' fabrics are a great way to make room - for more fabric. I really enjoy your videos, thank you, and best wishes😊
This is so sad. I wish we were back five years to have stores again
I am crushed! I work at Joanns too. I am in Olympia WA. No one heard a thing yet.
This is sad🥹, I so hope everything works out, they stay open❤️🙏
I’m so very sorry.:( You have every right to be sad. I just went to Joann’s today, and I have no idea if my store is closing. I hope you are fortunate enough to get one of the shelf units, to remind you of your happy place, and be useful again in your home.❤
First it was Hancock Fabrics that left, then our local quilt shops, Joann’s left with the last hurricane. Hobby Lobby is all that’s left with inferior fabrics. It’s a 45 minute drive to New Orleans. I sew for my sanity and your safety. The universe is conspiring against me. 😊
I have been thinking about Hancock Fabrics. They were awesome. Then they went out of business. That really ouched when it happened. Ben Franklin crafts is gone. My family went out of business about 15 years ago. The store had been open for 74 years when it closed. The town was shocked and hurt over it.
Michael’s sells fabric in my area,and it is reasonably priced.
You make trips sometimes to the METAIRIE Jo-Ann store?
@@trentpettit6336
Both Metairie and West Bank
Sad, very sad. Hoping my local JoAnns stays open, if not the. Closest 1 would be 2½ hours away. On the positive side they just completed a bunch of work & upgrades to their building.
Oh this hurts my heart. 😢 I’m sorry friend.
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I was in that store about a month ago when I found out they were closing. So sad. 😢
The Joann's closet to me was about 40 minutes away and it closed 😢. Now when I go to one it's 2 hrs away so if I need anything from there I stop by after a Doctor's appointment. It's so sad.
😢 I started crying watching this video
Sewing & crafting were so much of our lives. We all went to craft shows & sold our crafts. I remember when China started making a lot of our crafts we made for our homes started an end to selling ours at craft shows. How could we compete with cheap labor 😢
A very sad day when a fabric store closes! Should say when ANY store/business closes. What are the employees to do? What about the loyal customers? Hopefully my local store isn't going to close!
Some are staying open..my local store just happens to be one of the many that are closing😢
Glad to say that my local store is staying open (25 mile drive is local for me)@TheSewingChannel
Here’s hoping the one “near” me stays open. It’s a 30 min drive. I love their sales. I love being able to touch the fabric.
: O ) My local JoAnn just built a brand new bigger and up-to-date store last year. Love it! It's been staying busy Ours moved out of the mall, maybe that helped. Norman, OK
That should be a sad face.
As a garment sewist, I truly wouldn't care if they closed. Then I could at least justify a 3 hour drive to Atlanta once a year. JAs fabric selection for garments was always the worst in town when we had other alternatives. For years its been easy to see they truly did not care.
@@cliftonmcnalley8469 I have started thrifting for good fabric on out of style apparel and upcycling. Making skirts from tablecloths, etc. I make my own clothes and fabric stores in general cater to quilters.
So sorry, it will leave a void for sure same as when Hancock's closed.
Joann's was my sister and mine go to fabric store. Then, they started to compete with wally world and started to bring inferior fabric, 'junk', etc. They messed up by lowering the quality of the items.
Ours is closing too. It will be missed. The next fabric , quilt store is close to Raleigh, an hour from here.
Even joanns is 45 minutes from me.
Mine closed over a year ago. Now I do most fabric and craft shopping online or an hour away.
That is the cleanest Joan is I've ever seen. The one in our area are filthy. Sorry, Tracy you are losing that store, it looked like a nice one.
Yes...it was extremely well kept. The workers there were amazing people too.❤️
Yes, it's a breath of fresh air.
My local JoAnn's looked open, but there was so much trash out in front of it. I couldn't understand why the manager wasn't sending someone out front to clean it up. No one would want to go in with it like that.
My store is filthy
At this time we need to get back to doing for ourselves and they take even that away from us
We lost our AC Moore when I was jewelry making, then I turned back to sewing & went to Joanne yesterday & saw many sales but seemed prices higher. I.e. tea towels are $14.99 & even 70% off they're more than I would spend. Dollar Tree used to have a variety of fat quarters but they are now skimpy. We have Hobby Lobby in another county & I've been doing some macrame too so I look for those craft supplies too. I do shop online but you're not sure what you'll get. We do have one quilt shop not too far & I've bought remnant bags of fabric there. Walmart's Wrap & Zap is cheaper...it's used in trivets & bowl cozies. 😢
Mine did the same in December. Heartbreaking. Same boat good hour to other stores. 😢
Nooooo ..that's the saddest thing ever..
I have 3 JoAnn stores near me, all within 15 miles of my home. Two are older stores, and one is a huge new store that opened just last year. I'm wondering which one(s) may close. Was in the new store just last week and there were a lot of carts of unwrapped bolts of fabric, so I'm assuming they'll keep the newer store open and possibly close older stores. I knew it was a matter of time before JoAnn's filed for bankruptcy, but it's still a bit surprising. So sorry Tracy, that your store is closing. 😢
Sounds like you will be lucky and keep at least one open then❤️ Such a bummer though for the rest who have closed❤️🩹
Yes, but the better stores are the older ones. The newer store is so mis-managed. The pattern drawers are never restocked. They just put out boxes of patterns and the customers have to hunt through them to try to find the pattern they are looking for. The store manager should be fired for how poorly the store is maintained. I usually go to one of the older JoAnn stores. Nicer employees and the pattern drawers are always stocked.
@@TheSewingChannel
Ours is closing April 21st. It is so sad. I tried to stock up on things for projects for at least 3 years out. SW GA
I love Joann Stores and the folks that work there! Always friendly and helpful. Hoping my store stays open😢
Im sorry to hear this.
My Mom and I miss A.C. Moore and Ben Franklin's. I also miss Coates & Clark and such. It seems Loops & Threads is taking over and the product is seemingly less quantity and/or lesser quality. Such a bummer. 😞
So sad, I remember before it was JoAnn's it was Cloth World down in Houston Texas
My JoAnn just closed as well :( only 5 in the US and ours were one of them
There are 11 stores here in Wisconsin and none of them are closing I believe it’s 11 anyway not all locations are closing there are some that are choosing to close when you don’t have a customer base. It’s hard to stay open.
I read they filed chapter 11 yes top management was not good. And I was assistance manager in Moscow Idaho about 12 years ago and they didn't treat employees nice.
as soon as you opened the doors, i thought "that looks like the joanns at the ashtabula mall!" then i saw the sign and my stomach fell. sad
I’m so sorry. I hate when fav stores close
They've spent too many years competing with Hobby Lobby while their yarn and fabric selections have remained stagnent. Only a few stores got the Liberty fabrics, which could have really set them apart. I hate that they're closing stores, but I'm not surprised
Near me we are getting a second Hobby Lobby soon about 15 minutes away. I have to admit I like the quality of their cotton quilt fabric and some of their prints better than Joann's. Thankfully, however our Joann's is supposed to stay open....for now.
Our Hobby Lobby has really cut back on fabrics
I just found out my local store is closing too. I never shopped there much because my Joann's is small and a bigger Michael's is in the same shopping center, but I can understand how bad it could be to lose one when there are no other craft stores nearby. It's still sad to see it go because the store has been there as long as I can remember.
Ashtabula Mall my home town. Is such a sad place now
I'm speechless.
So sad, used to go all the time. This is limiting our selection of fabric stores.
I hope there will still be a store open in the Houston, Texas area!
There is no place like JoAnn.........
I noticed that this store is in a mall but so many others are more or less free-standing (as in a little strip with a few other stores! Wondering if the regular mall stores are the first to go? People don’t go to malls much if at all because of the problems!!!
Been there. The store near me closed 9 months ago. The one in Deleware is going soon.
I just saw your store location, Oh my gosh I live in Linesville. I lived in Bunker Hill for a while, that was my JOANN"S too. I hope the Meadville location stays open! Anyway I am sorry to see it closing. It is very cool that we are in the same neck of the woods!
This totally *sucks* ! They are the only remaining fabric store around…. Where will we get sewing supplies now????
If Joanns wants to stay alive they need to seriously update the way they do buisness. Especially their website.
I think they need to reorganize by getting back to the basics. Leave the home goods stuff to Hobby Lobby and Michael’s. It was called House of Fabrics before JoAnns for a reason. Also, when you go public on the stock exchange it’s about profits and shareholders. That’s when it went downhill.
The fabric is extra thin. I’ve been going to hobby lobby when they have a sale. They usually take 40 percent off an already low price
I used to love our local store but unfortunately, they started displaying witchcraft and manifesting books by the check out line. Stay in the crafting/sewing business and don’t push an agenda is a better business plan .
Get a life.
So very sad, many shop there including me and my daughter
I've been an avid shopper since the 90's. Everything from cross stitch, knitting, and crafting. I've become a quilter in the past 3 years, and I have to say, I buy exclusively on Etsy because you can't beat Moda in terms of quality and selection. So sad, but nothing to do about it. I hope the stores that stay open really step up their game.
Not sure I will be able to keep my shop open if I cannot buy from Joann!
Luckily mine is not closing. I was just there and the girl said that they are not going to close. I hope that's true. 💖
Their prices are way over priced
😢😢😢😢😢 everything is closing. First arts and crafts stores, scrapbooking stores. Now this and Tuesday morning even Boston Market. It's so sad. You have to order online which Is good but not the same not as much fun 😢😢😢💔💔💔
I live 75 minutes away from any JoAnn’s so I am used to making my purchases from JoAnns ONLINE. Sometimes I am so disappointed in the quality of my purchases and other times I am thrilled with the quality. Quilt shop fabric is now between $13.95-$15.95 here in Utah. I can’t afford to quilt with fabric prices like that….JoAnns usually has great sales and make it affordable to quilt with an OK quality. I’m so sorry you are losing your JoAnns.😢
Order from green fairy quilts, they are family business in Utah too. Excellent customer service.
I’ve not heard of them….Thanks so much!@@quiltycatlady108
lower their prices and get better quality fabric might help their sales more
That's sad😢
It’s so sad 😭
I’m sorry, Tracy. That is not good. I hope you get one of the carts.
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Sorry your store is closing.
Our close one closed too.
I feel like I just attended a memorial service. 😢 So sorry for your loss. Sad times.