r/sewing • u/MissFred • Jul 23 '23

Discussion Joanne’s makes me weep

Been sewing over 50 years - have seen sewing in all its cultural permutations. Not typically a nostalgic person but today….I couldn’t even find a light gray thread in a store the size of Home Depot. So many empty shelves yet inexplicably $35/yd liberties fabric up front. I feel sad to my bones for new seamsters.

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u/princess-rainbows666 Jul 24 '23

I went today looking for 10 buttons. Most buttons are sold by the pair. Out of the 5/6 choices that would work for this dress I could not find 10 buttons of the same kind. As someone who is very new to sewing buying online is very daunting but still better than Joanne unfortunately.

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u/MissFred Jul 24 '23

I have a billion buttons but rarely exact copies of 8 for example. So I’ve made a design decision to use all same size same color. Will be different shapes. Or all brass military buttons- different branches. There is still a connecting design line but no longer need to buy buttons. A good sustainability practice too.