Howdy!
I always think of you, Janet, and a couple of other friends when I b#tch about Joanns. Y'all work there, with little (if any) say over what is stocked, what's on sale, company policy, or any of the other aggravations which make us love to hate J-a. We're more likely to get a response from an employee than from the company reps (much-much more likely).
The local "new" store in Arlington has stopped selling the cotton-covered poly Dual Duty Plus thread from Coats&Clark. Hobby Lobby still sells it (so I stocked up yesterday), tho' no one there knows if that's going to end; they'd heard nothing about it (& don't care, either ). Thing is, the C&C cotton-covered poly has been one of the major sellers in this type of thread; it has been around for almost 70 yrs, is less likely to cut thru' the cotton fabrics (a concern of some quilters, will the poly thread cut the cotton fabric?) because it is cotton wrapping the polyester core thread; I've used it for 35+ yrs, grandmas & great aunts used it, and I've never heard of anyone having a problem with it cutting fabric. Altho' I've heard the caution, I've never witnessed the problem. However, the poly-wrapped poly I bought a few weeks ago (at Joanns) has a "funny" feel to it; it's more "wiry", somehow, and I don't trust it for piecing my usual quilt tops. I want the cotton blend. So when a common source for our favorite, preferred products discontinues selling those products, we're likely to blame the merchant, first. And, after all, it's just another stone on the aggravation pile of TSWLTH. OTOH, while I was in J-a, I re-scare-crowed. W/ scarecrows at $5 a piece, I stocked up on those, too. :-D Joanns does carry some really nice seasonal decorations. Got several things for decorating at home & church, at a very good price, check-out staffed by a lovely, new Texan clerk. ;-) World Market is in the same shopping center, and they have Lebkuchen now, so it was a very successful trip. ;-D
Good to see you, again, Janet from the Land of Gar. Please don't be a stranger. EllenA-from-Sanduski's son has recently moved to Plano, so we expect more personal visits. Road trip! Lunch!
R/Sandy-- while at HobbLy (it's just easier that way) I also picked up the Quilt Sampler magazine-- Hi, Susan Laity-Price, and they had Halloween M&Ms near the check-out counter: it was a sign!
On 9/28/07 11:30 AM, in article snipped-for-privacy@corp.supernews.com, "Janet of Gar" wrote: