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Cloth & threads Shops that disappeared ......
I think it is a General , all over the globe [ in developed countries]
Phenomena of certain shops disppearing and other shops Appearing . But more than in any other Country USA , merchants are aware of What They can sell well , and which kind of shop is a dead weight ..... thus if Cloth and embroidery shops are disappearing , maybe it was a Loosing trade ???? Both in our country and when i visit in Belgium , I saw the same phenomena, BUt i also noticed that New kind of shops opened , If i can`t find my materials in the old kind of a shop , i seek out the new kind of shop and tell them what i am looking for .... As i told here before , some shops survived because they learned to change with the demands of the general public. For a while when Cloth shjops here seem to cloth [ now they opened again in New format ] , i bought cloth in shops that provide curtain materials ..I traveled to factory outlets , sometimes making a day trip , and than not onlt did i stock up , i also made myself aquainted with their materials , and asked them to which shops they sold that were closer to my house. Ok i look for good prices just like anyone , but i don`t look buying good materials for no pay. And i learned to amke do ,, sometimes Just cloth for my craft or art seemed to much , thus i use[d] leftovers from my sewing clothes , to make my other projects ..And i am on the outlook for new shops and what they sell ,,,and use what i can find . mirjam |
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Hi Mirjam
I know just what your talking about too! I guess I was spoiled living in St. Louis where EVERYTHING was ALWAYS available, just down the street too! Since moving to Knoxville, I had to make hundreds of changes in the way I buy things. And one brand never works the way another like kind brand works, so one has to make adjustments or use something else entirely. Even something as simple as printing paper can drive one meshugenah. In St. Louis I bought Weyerhaeuser Husky Offset for everyday two sided printing and Mead Enamel for glossy and/or color pages. The SAME company here in TN does not stock either and their like kind is totally unsuitable. The brand of Enamel paper they have here is FAKE plastic coated stuff that blisters, so I have to jump to the much more expensive Hammermill Gloss at over double the price. Even companies that have plants in both St. Louis and Memphis, it's cheaper to have the product shipped from St. Louis, than within our own state from end to end. But like you have found, the things we use most often, simply are just not available any more, unless you go on a seek and find mission to see who might be stocking a particular item, if at all, and as uncanny as it is, you find things in the most least likely of places. EG: Mary's house of Lace also carries upholstery fabrics, as well as many things associated with other needlecrafts far removed from her mainline of crochet and lace goods. TTUL Gary |
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