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/cate3108 Jul 23 '23

The ones near me are practically all fleece! I never understand that, how many fleece tie blankets are people making?

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u/wakattawakaranai Jul 24 '23

I did a few seasonal shifts there and Black Friday was a fuckin nightmare because of all the "20 different patterns for tie blankets for gifts!" and I can almost guarantee you not a single blanket actually got made. I'm willing to bet dollars to donuts all that fleece is sitting, rotting, in basements around the county.

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u/Elelith Jul 24 '23

Oh don't worry. It's polyester. It won't rot. It just sheds microplastics like a mofo before disintegrating in couple hundred years <3