Wal mart is really the kudzu of retail. They're cheep, put they never
really have what you want or need. And they kill off all the
competition, and don't have real wool or other natural fibres
I just bought some 100% cotton in a WalMart in VA on my recent vacation
there. It was on a dollar table. It was nice thin stuff of just the right
weight for a wardrobe of shifts and undershirts, so I bought the rest of
the bolt. I had recently bought some like it in a WalMart in Northern CA,
and wished I had more, so when I went into the store in VA, looking for a
bathroom, I checked out the fabric section. The previous time I'd been in
my local Northern AC WalMart I found the wood buttons I needed for another
project, after buying all the dollar shift/undershirt cotton they had (and
showing the cloth section ladies how I knew it was cotton).
I agree with your kudzu analogy, but I often find things I need in
WalMarts. I used to work for New York Fabrics, which got swallowed up by
JoAnne's, so I don't go into JoAnne's unless it is to take advantage of a
loss leader. I'm very careful not to buy anything else while there. There
are a few Hancock's stores still in my area, plus all the discount places
in San Francisco's small garment district.
CarolynKayta Barrows
dollmaker, fibre artist, textillian
www.FunStuft.com
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