I guess Walmart in my area eliminated their fabric section

The video game is a cool idea. There are two fabric stores less than five minutes from house so no big deal about purchasing fabric.

The price of cotton is going to go through the roof apparently in the very near future. So, probably Wal-Mart decided to get rid of fabric if they couldn't get it at a low enough price for their liking. The Wal-Mart in our town got rid of fabric too. Not that I would give Wal-Mart 2¢ for fabric or anything else. I only go in there because my boyfriend just loves shopping there. He's always saying, as long as we're here, you can get some of the grocery stuff, but I refuse to hand over a single penny to Wal-Mart xoxo Cyne

Oh and the video game idea is great. There is one, but it's for very little girls called My Fashion Studio. I think there's another fashion one out there, but I'm not sure. It'd be nice to see more practical games for girls along the crafting line. For now it seems like they cater only to ponies and pets etc. xoxo Cyne

Oh I hate to be the bearer of bad news BUT....the sewing department manager at our store told me they were phasing out the fabric by June. I would ask your sewing department manager if this is going to be in your future, you can always complain to the main office in Arkansas. EVERYTHING WalMart does comes from the main office! We live between 2 WalMart stores and the one to the North of us has 2 fabric stores in town. They kept the fabric before when they were going to close it out. Our store to the south of us has no other fabric stores for at least 25 miles and when they went to the New Super Center, they took out all the fabric. There were so many customer complaints that they restocked it, but not to the extent of the other store. So unfortunately the location and competition has nothing to do with it. According to Home Office they have to sell so much of an item per square store foot to keep it in their store, and that is what determines what they have in the store. If you have to go to other fabric stores, JoAnn Fabrics has a mailing you can sign up for and it has coupons. Also coupons from Michael's can be used at JoAnn's and JoAnn coupons can be used at Michaels' although I would check your stores to make sure they honor this. They do here in Michigan although I did have the cashier tell me "most people don't know this." Good luck to you.

You said the magic word, the closest store is far so they are not going to close yours out unless they get some competition.

I would not like that. I want to look at it to know how it "feels". WE live about 25 miles from any direction that has fabric. But for it to go out of the town south of us, it will be almost another 25 miles to drive. Best of luck to you.

Your Walmart does not sound like a fun place. I cannot imagine a store without a purse department.

Tell me about it. It's mostly food and electronics now.

You are right. Once they have went to the Super Center's they have really ruined the stores. I think they have added more departments but cut back on the quanity of what they have in them. I have moved to doing more and more shopping at Meijers. I thought these were national stores too, and I called my friend in Florida and told her to go to Meijers and see the new blouses they had in and she informed me that they don't exist in the south! oops, I guess they are Michigan, Indiana and Ohio. To bad, I been shopping there more and more.

Yea, not the greatest fabric selection. I think I brought fabric from once or twice.