Hancock Fabric Closing

Kachina624 · ‎03-10-2010

This is hard to believe but I just read Hancock Fabrics has declared bankruptcy and is closing all its stores. This place is a mainstay to sewers. It's going to really limit the availability of fabrics and supplies in many areas. Now we'll only have Joann which I never liked because their stores are too cluttered and junky. It's going to be hard to be a seamstress.

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151949 · ‎03-09-2010

This is very depressing news as I am not a fan of Joanns fabrics. We do have a nice sewing dapartment in the Walmart in my town but they don't carry many fabrics. I hate to buy fabric online as I want to touch it and see it in person, feel how heavy or thin it is etc. In the meanwhile this may be a good time to get to Hancocks to get some good deals.

Annabellethecat66 · ‎03-12-2010

The store near me closed a few weeks ago. I used to make all of my own clothes when I worked. Then when I quit to have my girls I made some of their clothes.

I haven't sewn much in years. The material got to be so expensive it was stupid! It got to the point where you could buy your clothes cheaper than you could make them.

I felt the reason to make an outfit would only be to have something different you couldn't buy because it's cheaper to buy an outfit.

gardenman · ‎03-09-2010

They remodeled our Walmart about ten years ago and took out all of the fabrics. They're remodeling it again now and putting them back in. They don't have a huge selection, but for me that's better. Too many options drive me a bit crazy.

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GSPgirl · ‎01-03-2012

Too bad because that means all we have is Joanne's and they are rude at every store I go to.

Kachina624 · ‎03-10-2010

@gardenman wrote:
They remodeled our Walmart about ten years ago and took out all of the fabrics. They're remodeling it again now and putting them back in. They don't have a huge selection, but for me that's better. Too many options drive me a bit crazy.

@gardenman That's what they did at the local Walmart except they didn't remodel, they just rearranged. The fabric department is poor; the thread rack is usually almost empty and the just have cotton quilting and seasonal fabrics.

I have a huge stash of fabric from yesteryear that I'll probably never use.

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butterfly123 · ‎06-27-2013

Lots of customers when we were there 2 weeks ago. Must purchase a minimum of 2 yards of each fabric you choose and up to 7O% off most fabrics. Fantastic prices!

DiAnne · ‎09-22-2010

I used to sew a lot. When all the independent stores starting closing and it was hard to find really nice fabrics (ie linen, silk, wool, etc) I just stopped making my clothes. I was in the Hancock Fabrics near my house a couple of months ago looking for replacement buttons for a jacket of mine. There was very little choice and I don't even know of another fabric store. I did notice a going out of business banner last time I passed it.

NAES1 · ‎09-02-2011

I love this unique fabric store~

When I was 9 years old, my beloved 'daddy' bought me my first sewing machine.

He asked me if I was serious about making my own clothing, then - yes, I was a very responsible young lady.

I studied patterns, and asked for little help. Eventually, I found a teacher who was a professional. She was very tough, not having anything I made to be mediocre.

By the time I was 15, I made ninety percent of everything I wore.

Hancock fabric store ...always helped me...with everything from the lengths- to fabrics and bobbins, chalk.

I dearly was DEPENDENT on that chain of stores wherever I was throughout my teens to years of my many years of marriage.

If not for Hancock's, I would possibly fizzled out, losing my creative nature.

What a sad day, today, on Father's Day to hear this news.

I had no idea.

It was just a few weeks ago that I was there, again ( with respected service) finding several sewing items needed to complete a project.

I know very little of this Joanne's.

Hancock's fabric is right around the proverbial corner from me.

*I still have the sewing machine that DAD bought me. Old, yes, but I will never surrender 'it' while I am still breathing.

Just a llittle piece of my history, remembering back...that's all.

NAES

I hope everyone had a great memory for their Father's Day~

scotnovel · ‎12-31-2013

@Kachina624 wrote:
This is hard to believe but I just read Hancock Fabrics has declared bankruptcy and is closing all its stores. This place is a mainstay to sewers. It's going to really limit the availability of fabrics and supplies in many areas. Now we'll only have Joann which I never liked because their stores are too cluttered and junky. It's going to be hard to be a seamstress.

That is funny because where I live it is the exact opposite. Every Hancocks that I've been in was old, shoddy looking, dirty, and cluttered. The JoAnns are bright and clean. I like the fabric selection (and coupon sales) at a local Hobby Lobby. They have a lot of variety of fabrics and you can use the 40% off coupon that they have to cover the entire cost of one fabric item (not jsut one yard for example). I have even used it on a full bolt of fabric. There is also a wholesale fabric place near me. Although most of their fabric is upholstry type fabrics they have some beautiful lace and other fabrics too.