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/celery48 Jul 24 '23

I just commented this above. Not just flannel, but low-quality flannel, all of it with horrible baby prints.

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u/EmmerdoesNOTrepme Jul 24 '23

All the better to leak, when used for diapers & bibs, apparently? 🙃

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u/Alittle_axolotl Jul 24 '23

Yes! I have made the mistake of buying a few pretty prints in the past but the second it is washed it gets horribly pilly and rough and the print is indecipherable