Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft

Craft-​nazis. The people who work there, especially at the fabric cutting counter are just plain MEAN. If you don’t know EXACTLY what you want and how much of it, they have no time for your amateur butt. Every time I’ve been in there to buy fabric and they ask me, in a tone of genuine interest in my project, what I am using it for, invariably they roll their eyes and tell me I’m getting the wrong fabric. Um. Ok. But no actual advice or help.
Special order fabrics are a nightmare also. Spent 20 minutes in line to order it, got the call that it was in, spent 10 minutes at the «customer service» counter while staff answered phone call after phone call (excuse me, I took the time and trouble to come in person, maybe you could put them on hold) to be told that I really needed to pick it up back at the fabric cutting counter. So another 20 minute wait at the fabric cutting counter for someone to go in the back and grab my order (which probably customer service chick could have done) and got attitude when I asked to see the fabric to make sure it was what I ordered. THEN another 10 minutes in line to check out. I’ll be buying fabric online from now on.

This store would definitely make the four star review if they added a few more staff members. Having to wait over 30 min to get some fabric cut is just too long and then to have to wait to check out on top of it is really frustrating.
I do like their sales and selections of fabric and the staff is always knowledgeable and mostly friendly.
If you’re headed there in a hurry be prepared to wait a while once you get there.

C. and I wanted to clean and restuff my old teddy bear for my son, so over the Christmas break, we stopped by Jo-​Ann to pick up some polyfil fiber for the project. We found the pillow and bear stuffing materials in the back of the store pretty quickly and easily. Checkout was a breeze. «Good luck with your project!» the woman said. If you’re into crafts and projects like this, Jo-Ann’s a good place to start.

I’ve heard some horror stories about some JoAnn stores, but I’ve always been really pleased with the one in Frandor. They have tons of stuff for scrapbookers and sewers (including a nice selection of fabric), plus stuff for soapmaking, jewelrymaking, painting, you name it. The staff is always helpful, though there could be more of them.

This JoAnn’s is probably the best one that I’ve been to. I’m a craft nerd so I tend to live here at times and it’s where I pick up a lot of my jewelry making and soap making supplies. They’ve got a good selection of fabrics and now there are a lot of already pre-​made things, which is kinda nice. The prices at Jo-Ann’s are reasonable, but I do wish they had more beads. You can pretty much find what you need here when it comes to crafts though.