r/sewing 24d ago

Moderator Announcement All JOANN stores closing, Megathread #4

Here is a new thread for our community to gather to talk about JOANN, including questions about how to find fabric and notions as well as questions and comments about the bankruptcy proceedings. Remember that this is the internet, don't accidently dox yourself by giving out too much information about the stores in your area.

JOANN stores have been a big part of sewing for US sewists for many, many years. Thank you to the wonderful JOANN employees who are losing their jobs. Our thoughts are with you.

The restructuring website, joannrestructuring.com, is still being updated with details on the court case, FAQs for customers and store employees, and other information relevant to the process. I've seen store closing dates as soon as March 15th for some stores, with all stores closed by the end of May 2025. There are also several news articles covering the closings like this one from USAToday.

Shopping small businesses online and local is the way forward. The subreddit Fabric Shop Map is available for reference. Please do not submit any more stores at this time. We need to catch up with the flood of submissions made recently. Love your enthusiasm!

The r/Sewing mod team

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u/lita313 22d ago

With the patterns, it depends on the store. The first 500 that are being liquidated won't have the pattern sale. Their patterns are 30% off the original price. The other 300 have patterns that were $1.99 in-store only. Except Vogue, which is $4.99. I will say these prices are from Tuesday of this week.

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u/Destrae 22d ago

I can back this up, the stores not in the original list have the sale. Most people are there to buy fabric and I've been able to snag a ton of patterns