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Eight Joann stores in & adjacent to the SFV are listed to close, according to a dedicated website for the restructuring of Joann's. Nationwide, 500 of 802 stores will close.
Independent fabric stores in the San Fernando Valley have all but disappeared. While Quilt Emporium offers traditional quilting fabrics there are scattered across the Valley stores which replicate independent retailers in the garment district, with full length bolts on tubes rather than rectangular shaped cardboard carriers. These stores offer a wider assortment of fabric for garments, upholstery, and handbags. Lastly, estate sales i̶s̶ are a unique but unstable resource for vintage and "stash" fabrics.
Cleveland Fabrics was established in 1943, but it was twenty years later they took on the name Jo-Ann Fabrics. They enter the stock-market, publicly traded environment, in 1969. Eventually they bought up other competitors such as Cloth-World in 1994, with 342 stores. and House of Fabrics in 1998, at which time they change their name to Joann Stores. Walmart continues to offer cut-to-specification and pre-cut fabric and only recently has Michaels expanded their prepackaged fabric line to on-the-bolt.
Edit: HobbyLobby has a large selection of fabric, with patterns and notions.
The company had 850 stores in March 2024, the last time they announced closures. A dedicated website to the restructuring JOANN Restructuring identifies the list of stores to close. Store Closure List
If the list of eight stores in and adjacent to the San Fernando Valley does not change, then the nearest stores for San Fernando Valley residents will be in Thousand Oaks, Palmdale, or Los Angeles (La Cienega).
- 2160 Foothill Blvd, La Canada CA, 91011
- 1000 South Central Avenue, Glendale CA, 91204
- 19819 Rinaldi St, Northridge CA, 91326
- 2351 N Rose Ave, Oxnard CA, 93036
- 13730 Riverside Drive, Sherman Oaks CA, 91423
- 2242 Tapo St, Simi Valley CA, 93063
- 26583 Carl Boyer Drive, Santa Clarita, CA 91350
- 22914 W Victory Blvd, Woodland Hills CA, 91367
- Subject to court approval, we expect going-out-of-business sales will begin at impacted stores on Saturday, February 15, and could continue for several months.
- The Company, in connection with seeking court approval of the sale process, is also seeking court authority for Gordon Brothers to serve as the stalking horse bidder in our case.
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