I grieve with you. It is so much harder to find good fabric now. I'm like you. I have this need to run my hands over the fabric and the internet just doesn't feel good. I hope you find a solution soon.

That is so sad.

What a shame. This has happened to far too many business here as well. I prefer to buy my fabric in person too, there is nothing like being able to feel the quality of the fabric in your hands when you feel it. Something technology hasn't quite been able to provide yet!

So sorry to read this Caroline. As sewmum1 has said this is happening far too often all round the world.

I too love handling fabric and to that end bought some last Friday in Canberra. I know I've got too much, but I just can't help myself when I enter a Patchwork fabric shop.

Love Chris

Sorry to see a place close.

It's an uneasy feeling. Sorry for your lost resource.

This is always so sad to hear. I know when out Hancock Fabrics closed we were left with just a Hobby Lobby. While their fabrics are nice, they never have the sales Hancock Fabrics had.
I have learned recently though, JoAnn's is opening up in the same location, the end of March. I am hoping they have some great opening day deals!

I know how you feel same thing happening everywhere. Apart from not getting to feel the fabric you have to factor in the cost of postage and that can be more than the fabric for anyone buying out of country.

Sad news, so many shops are closing here too....

I hope you find another outlet it's like being left out in the dark that empty feeling no shops no fabric no excuse to shop.

Caroline, so sorry to learn that your favourite and local fabric shop has finally closed. Even though you were expecting the inevitable it is none the less a sad day, not to mention that the cause has arisen from the illness of your good friend the shop owner. As others have commented, the closure of a dedicated fabric shop results in the loss of a local resource which provided extensive knowledge and the opportunity to see the true colours and feel the quality of the fabric before you buy. Buying on the internet can be a risky business, since once purchased there is no going back...............not to mention the rip-off charges for postage. Once again, so sorry for the loss of your local and invaluable fabric source.

I vcan imagine how you feel. My favourite almost local shop closed suddenly when the owner died. It was her thing although her husband worked in the shop full time.There has been a notice at the window saying they are so shocked they close down for now and think about what to do later. That was 18 months ago and nothing has been done. Window display has not changed, everything looks as if it will open any minute.

I can sympathize with you as Hancock's and two local quilt shops closed since last July.... I do not like to buy online.. I am going through withdrawals.... Where are our fabric shops going??????

A sad day indeed...it is always so nice to be able to feel the quality and put bolts together to see their true color harmony...All of the quilt shops in my valley closed up several years ago...we do have some other big box stores that carry fabric, but it is never the same as purchasing from a quilt shop...

I add my condolences. I too lost a couple of local fabric shops, I still have Hobby Lobby, a quilt shop, and Walmart, SIGH! Unfortunately they do not offer much of a selection unless you only want cottons for quilts. There are more shops in Houston, but I don't care to travel there on my own very often and I won't drag my DH with me.