Life After Joann Fabrics: Where Do We Shop Now?
About this episode
This episode discusses the impact of JOANN Fabrics' closure on the sewing community and explores new shopping options for sewists.
Send us feedback about this episode! When JOANN Fabrics closed its doors, sewists lost more than a convenient place to buy fabric. We also lost easy access to patterns, thread, zippers, buttons, interfacing and all the other essentials needed to complete a project. In the 18 months since the closures began, the sewing-supply landscape has changed considerably. In this episode, we look at what disappeared with JOANN, which retailers and independent businesses are stepping in to fill the gaps, ...
People in this episode
Host: Janet Szabo
Topics covered
- sewing supplies
- retail changes
- independent businesses
- fabric shopping
- sewing community
Keywords
- sewing
- fabric
- patterns
- retail
- supplies
- independent shops
- sewists
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: JOANN Fabrics
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