Having worked one summer as a costume designer at a theatre in a rural
town in Colorado, I know that there are a lot of theatres in such areas
that have no other place to buy fabric and sewing supplies than
Walmart. I had to drive an hour to get there but I managed to find a
lot of fabric and trims there to use. I brought most of the fabrics
with me, but when I had to make a late 19th century dress that I hadn't
planned on making, I was able to find some pretty good yellow linen or
linen blend fabric and some black trims that worked by my being fairly
creative. If that store goes out of the sewing business, I don't know
what that theatre will do. And I may be in the same position this
summer, designing for a different theatre in another mountain town. So
much as I dislike shopping at Walmart, mostly because of their business
practices--did you all see that movie "The High Cost of Low Price"?--I
still hate to see their sewing departments go.
Sylvia Rognstad
Divinity Designs and Emeralds
http://www.d-e-designs.com
On Apr 7, 2007, at 5:01 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 4/6/2007 9:07:50 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I've never seen actual clothing fabric at my local WalMarts either.
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