Jo-Ann Fabric and Crafts

If I could go anywhere else to get the same fabric, I would. The two stars are for all the wonderful fabric choices and reasonable prices. Zero stars for customer service and the wait… Every single time I go I wait and wait and wait. I’m writing this review because I dread the line at the registers and desperately hope some manager some where will care enough to read this review and make a change… Please!

For more fun than shopping at Joann’s this review was written in the voice of Christopher Walken.
This store. They use the line of the future! Unfortunately. The only staff it with 2 cashiers. A wow. I counted 23 people waiting in line. Not good.

So this is not just the biggest fabric shop in the area, with crafty stuff equivalent to a full Michael’s, and the usual spate of seasonal items, it’s also probably the best selection of creative Kid craft projects and toys I’ve found. This makes it a great destination for birthday and Christmas shopping for those who might want to encourage a little creative activity over the usual consumptive plastic/​electronic crap most kids are inundated with.
Needless to say, one-​stop Halloween costume-​making shopping at this time of year.
The store just goes on and on and on, and while the help I got from staff was a little hit or miss, the «sewing support» appears to be very good. And unlike Michael’s, they’ve got a single-​checkout lane/​multiple cashiers station.
Serious downgrades for location in the traffic-​nightmare Northway Mall, but if you can get there off-​peak, or you can wait through 40-​car backups at the light (I counted; I had time to count, because there were 40 cars in front of me in a snaking curve) then perhaps this won’t matter so much.

Its full of crafty shhh-​tuff. I don’t have a crafty bone in my body. But they do have a reasonable selection of metallic pens, which is what I went in there to find. My guess is that if you are a crafter the lay out is logical and the place is well stocked. They also have fabric. Everything appeared to be on sale and 3 days before Christmas all the Christmas stuff was 50% or more discounted. Woo… almost makes me want to take up crafting.