Have never been to a Hancock's and didn't even know there were any in
Washington state. I'll be travelling to Bremerton this week though, so will
make a point of checking it out.
The Joanne's here (Bellingham, WA) has become largely a craft and quilting
store. The quilting fabric consists of a good 1/4 of all the fabric in stock
floor space wise, with home decorating fabrics taking the majority. Apparel
fabric is pretty specific with a whole wall of fleece, bridal and formal satins
and such, and baby prints - the rest is mostly a small selection of seasonal
changes with a high percent of synthetic fabrics that end up getting rotated
into the clearance racks. They do have a huge yarn department though.
Before Joanne's went through the whole reorganization thing we had a couple
of good fabric stores, one of which was exclusively fabrics, notions, etc. I
can't remember the name, but one of them was House of Fabrics. Joanne's used to
have a much better selection for apparel fabric too. Outside of Joanne's the
only fabric stores locally are all quilting shops.
I have gotten the majority of my fabric on line recently, which I don't like
doing because I prefer to see fabric in person before buying, but I've been
lucky so far as to really liking what I have bought.
Annette M
Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2006 18:55:37 -0700
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [h-cost] Re: Stash Enhancement Possibilities
Message: 1
Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 17:15:36 -0700
From: Stephen
Subject: [h-cost] Stash Enhancement Possibilities
Good news, bad news, and more bad news.
The good news is that Hancock Fabrics at 7900 Florin Road in Sacramento
CA has everything marked off at least 30%. The bad news is that the sale
is because they are closing up the store.
So this is a good chance to stock up on notions and staples as well as
getting some nice fabric and yarn at a good price.
The more bad news is that the reason the store is closing is because the
area is not that safe. They have an armed guard in the store. So I would
not plan on going after dark.
Don't know how long this sale is going to last, but the first ones there
get the best bones!
Stephen Bergdahl
That's very interesting, and somewhat disconcerting. The Hancock Fabrics in
Bremerton, Washington (on Wheaton Way) is also closing, and also has
everything currently at 30% off. No real excuse why the store is closing,
but it just isn't doing well. It's in a poor area. Not outright unsafe,
but sort of grungy-commercial. Lots of discount type stores nearby.
I sure hope this doesn't indicate something worse in store for the future
of Hancocks.
Julie
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