Fabric Place Closing

[dancerjodi]

Oh no, the rumors are true!

http://www.dailynewstribune.com/state/x256661127/Fabric-Place-to-close-final-two-stores-in-Framingham-and-Woburn

It makes sense given how sewing is less and less popular and how the economy is going. Oftentimes its much cheaper to buy a garment than make it (at least, with these kinds of prices compared to what you'd pay in the old Chinatown stores or in NYC).

No more knitter's breakfasts! No more super-discounted fabric lengths.

Damn.

Comments

[idadebeautreux.livejournal.com]

I agree - I can't buy fabric online, even when they send swatches. Swatches are too small to know how a fabric will drape, how heavy a garment will be, how it will cover the body, or how it will feel next to the skin as a skirt or a shirt or a dress. Joann's is nice; I do buy a good amount of material from them, but, since it's a chain, the stores all tend to have the same stuff no matter which one you go to. Fabric Place was a great alternative place to get more variety for wool suitings and upholstery fabrics.

There are two places I go to in Cambridge, but they are much smaller and do not have the variety, especially in terms of quilting fabrics.