Wallmart

Just came from home Wallmart. It is true, they are doing away with the
DMC floss. They now carry about 25-30 skeins of Anchor floss.I asked
the sales person and she said that the 20-to 30 colors were "ALL" they
were going to carry. I guess it's back to Michaels since my LNS
closed.

Amber in Northern Virginia

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Just came from home Wallmart. It is true, they are doing away with the
DMC floss. They now carry about 25-30 skeins of Anchor floss.I asked
the sales person and she said that the 20-to 30 colors were "ALL" they
were going to carry. I guess it's back to Michaels since my LNS
closed.

Amber in Northern Virginia

So far my Wal-Mart still has most of the colors and when I asked about any
change, they said they knew nothing about switching to Anchor.

We'll see if they just don't know or what. They now have only a very small
area for cross stitch materials and floss.

My LNS is in the process of closing too so I guess from now on, if I want
anything other than plain, vanilla floss, I'll have to order on line.

Lucille

On Sat, 07 Oct 2006 01:26:26 GMT, wrote:
It is true, they are doing away with the
DMC floss. They now carry about 25-30 skeins of Anchor floss.I asked
the sales person and she said that the 20-to 30 colors were "ALL" they
were going to carry.
Amber in Northern Virginia

We have 2 local Wal Marts in my area. The one that has completed its
remodeling has a large fabric area and some other crafts including
DMC floss. The lady in charge said the other store that is remodeling
now will have a smaller fabric area but will carry different crafts.
Both stores have "some" of everything like scrapbooking, yarn, etc.
I think they plan to avoid excessive duplication within a 20 mile
area. I'm curious to see what happens when the second store finishes.

Our Hobby Lobby might as well be totally home decor. It is possibly
2/3 of the store area. Joanns has a teensy needlework area and way,
way too much plastic stuff unrelated to needlework. Kmart has taken
crafts out totally, returned some crafting supplies and now are again
revamping that area. Various other area stores have some yarn and
scrapbooking supplies. The only local speciality stores have pretty
much disappeared unless you make a long commute, thus they are no
longer local. I'm using the internet more and more these days. Moni




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Just came from home Wallmart. It is true, they are doing away with the
DMC floss. They now carry about 25-30 skeins of Anchor floss.I asked
the sales person and she said that the 20-to 30 colors were "ALL" they
were going to carry. I guess it's back to Michaels since my LNS
closed.

Amber in Northern Virginia

Amber,

Which Walmart is this? I was just in the one in Sterling and the craft
dept. denies knowing anything, which is quite probably true. But that
doesn't mean it won't happen.

Donna in Virginia

Donna wrote:

Which Walmart is this? I was just in the one in Sterling and the craft
dept. denies knowing anything, which is quite probably true. But that
doesn't mean it won't happen.

Mine denies it too, but I'm watching it like a hawk. When they put it
on clearance, color me there with a big shopping cart.


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On 10/7/06 9:40 AM, "Donna" wrote:


wrote:
Just came from home Wallmart. It is true, they are doing away with the
DMC floss. They now carry about 25-30 skeins of Anchor floss.I asked
the sales person and she said that the 20-to 30 colors were "ALL" they
were going to carry. I guess it's back to Michaels since my LNS
closed.

Amber in Northern Virginia

Amber,

Which Walmart is this? I was just in the one in Sterling and the craft
dept. denies knowing anything, which is quite probably true. But that
doesn't mean it won't happen.

Donna in Virginia

At least we're lucky enough to have several LNS in the vicinity.

ellice

Mine denies it too, but I'm watching it like a hawk. When they put it
on clearance, color me there with a big shopping cart.

Sorry to burst your bubble, but WalMart won't be putting DMC floss on sale
(at least not for awhile). As an individual store gets low on stock of DMC,
they are to send what is left to a central store in their area. One day
your local WalMart will have some DMC and the next they won't have any. If
you are lucky enough to live where their is a central store to collect the
DMC you will have it around for a bit longer, but don't expect much in the
way of selection.

Rita

Liesch wrote:

Mine denies it too, but I'm watching it like a hawk. When they put it
on clearance, color me there with a big shopping cart.


Sorry to burst your bubble, but WalMart won't be putting DMC floss on sale
(at least not for awhile). As an individual store gets low on stock of DMC,
they are to send what is left to a central store in their area. One day
your local WalMart will have some DMC and the next they won't have any. If
you are lucky enough to live where their is a central store to collect the
DMC you will have it around for a bit longer, but don't expect much in the
way of selection.

Rita




Since the same "geniuses" at WalMart some years ago decided to eliminate
the lowest numbers of DMC on the theory that these were the oldest,
perhaps it is time for a mass letter-writing campaign to educate them
that 90% of XS patterns sold in the US are coded for DMC only. The
brand of blueline embroidery they sell has only DMC numbers printed on
the package. 310 DMC is not even close to 310 Anchor. They'll have a
whole lot of confused customers who will simply give up on trying to
convert and put the charts/bluelines back, and shop at Michaels/JoAnns
instead.




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On 7 Oct 2006 06:40:15 -0700, "Donna" wrote:


wrote:
Just came from home Wallmart. It is true, they are doing away with the
DMC floss. They now carry about 25-30 skeins of Anchor floss.I asked
the sales person and she said that the 20-to 30 colors were "ALL" they
were going to carry. I guess it's back to Michaels since my LNS
closed.

Amber in Northern Virginia

Amber,

Which Walmart is this? I was just in the one in Sterling and the craft
dept. denies knowing anything, which is quite probably true. But that
doesn't mean it won't happen.

Donna in Virginia
Donna, It was the one in Woodbridge, very close to Potamic Mills

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On 7 Oct 2006 06:40:15 -0700, "Donna" wrote:


wrote:
Just came from home Wallmart. It is true, they are doing away with the
DMC floss. They now carry about 25-30 skeins of Anchor floss.I asked
the sales person and she said that the 20-to 30 colors were "ALL" they
were going to carry. I guess it's back to Michaels since my LNS
closed.

Amber in Northern Virginia

Amber,

Which Walmart is this? I was just in the one in Sterling and the craft
dept. denies knowing anything, which is quite probably true. But that
doesn't mean it won't happen.

Donna in Virginia
Donna, It was the one in Woodbridge, very close to Potamic Mills

Gotcha. Thanks.
I see a trip to IKEA in my future...

Donna in Virginia