For me personally, I find many of these designers have very busy prints and if I had these to use, I would need a lot of solids to go with these. Fabric.com has squeezed the fabric companies for such ridiculously low prices that either they will go out of business from such a low price, or, the competition dries up and the fabric companies have fewer and fewer people distributing and selling their product. I think this comment is misguided. F*****.com is one of the worst. Its not the fabric, its the business management. It will certainly have winners and losers. October 19, 2012 at 8:00am AM EDT Singer Pink is back in fighting shape after shedding 55 pounds of baby weight 15 months after giving birth to her daughter Willow. Best quality and performance. They have been in business for many years and they are used to high end products. These are top designers & surely cannot be blamed for lack of profit! I no longer buy fabric for backs but piece with what I have. The regime of quilt Nazis has turned away many many young beginners. If anything, there is a glut of choice and that may be the problem. Are you active on Instagram? Surely this is fixable. And, if its truly been years why were designers recently contracted? As an owner of a Quilt Shoppe in Canada, I tried to order fabric from them, but never received the courtesy of a return phone call. Any resources you have would be greatly appreciated. I dont think you can continue to print massive amounts of fabric from designers that frankly, no one wants. I cannot believe you make more money in other divisions of your company. This exactly. Is it a requirement we only buy from our local store where we may not like what they carry? But in fact, I think that these are niche designers who have a pretty narrow market. Coats has owned Free Spirit for nearly two decades. Hopefully someone will sign them. They sell fabric a few dollars less than other places. I noticed nobody questioned what the designers are demanding. Ditto. dont have to be everything to everyone anymore. Please just find another design house and make sure their business model is strong. I totally agree with this and would take it a step further. It currently feels like a lose/lose situation for the industry and customers alike. Despite her love of quilting (which she jokes, I was a I am sure 50 years ago their profits were high especially when cotton products were grown, milled, and made in the United States. My tattoos and spikey dykey hair must mean I am a thief. I know Im not the only one burnt out and depressed by now. she ordered it and then said, Oh Im so sorry as if she realized how rude she was. "I was probably a bit depressed from all of the loss, and I couldn't lose weight to save my life," P!nk, 43, said. And you all wanted all of them. We pay much, much more, but now I only buy a few select designers now. Story of life these days. My designs are largely about escapism, she explains. Hopefully other companies will learn a lesson and not sell to F*****.com and other discount sites. Coats is known for horrible customer service. and passion could be one and the same. Dont shop at the big guys. Designers do not teach for free even when they visit local quilt shops. The best designers in the business and Coats cannot make their company profitable. Hopefully the well known designers that worked for them will be picked up by other companies. If you have followed me on social media you may have noticed that I do not share a lot about my personal life. This is a limited availability product. We are a retailer in Australia. You can just be the master of I have made several attempts (over several years) to connect with Free Spirit in an effort to carry their fabrics, and no one has ever returned my calls or emails. He has said nothing so far as I know. Marian, well put. Economics is the big player. We boot the rude and discouraging members after schooling them and then add them to the mean kid list (that just keeps getting longer) Ive had so many new quilters up and quit bc they felt they werent good enough when in reality, they were just new. I am lucky to have few Amish stores nearby. And afterall, its their sweat, tears and ideas that people are exploiting. That is all absolutely fine. Paycheck and benefits? Fabric.com purchases just as we all do, they just purchase a lot more volume and possibly receive better discounts. Also, some of my favorites designers so I hope they were warned of this & will quickly be employed by other fabric companies! Seems like they should have been more selective with which designs went to print. I will only supliment my current stash if needed. Bad business plan or not, more will fall. It isnt the end of the world; disappointing, of course, but no one died, for cripes sake! I felt like they continued to print collections from designers that WERE popular/good sellers but had fell out of favor. I buy fabric by the metre in Australia and by the yard online from mainly two companies in America. If you dont grow in every aspect, from licencising fees to marketing and production costs all of a sudden you are lost. Maybe you should take a keek around the internet before you start writing quiltings obituary. about unicorns and crazy looking owls. Beauty is always in the eye of the beholder, but if it makes you happy, thats what counts. (And I am ALWAYS looking for it.) It was the first time I had seen fabric that was clearly This all translates into less money and companies fold. Pink has no problem with her slight weight gain, despite what her critics are saying. So sad , these are the very best designers in the business!!!! My time costs the same and its my name which goes on the final product. Im over 70, and have been quilting since my mid 20s. Theres obviously demand for these designers but whats the point when the average Joe cant afford them. Who is you people? Way of the world in a Trump universe! The problem is not in the designers or their designs. If there are weaknesses in the business model that is a poor reflection on Coats. $29.99 $ 29. In fact, I cant remember the last time I purchased a Denyse Schmidt fabric in a shop. Social media J-s fabric is such awful quality I never buy fabric there.. and I dont shop for much at all there period I support my local quilt shop it takes a village to keep them. This is a message to the designers, everything is going to be okay because you are leaders in your field because your designs are fantastic. Sad however I am sure (well I sincerely hope) the stellar designers will be snapped up or have other opportunities soon. The lack of actually being face to face with someone does make it harder. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. People will come and say that its beautiful and that they love it, but then what they actually bought was something entirely different. The 70+ crowd isnt encouraging to younger quilters. I cant imagine a company, that supports the designers such as Kaffe, Tula and others would not put out a statement to the direct buyers of that fabric. There are many fabric companies that dont rely on the bottom line of a non fabric corporation with excellent fabric designers. On April 4 popular fabric designer, Tula Pink, announced on her Facebook page that she was asking FreeSpirit to pull the focal print from her newest collection, Spirit Animal. There were easy ways to improve sales. Ive not many years left in this old body and I may be one person, but Ill be damned feeling like I did nothing when my time is up. Theyre not making any money on them. Why is it wrong. What kind of world will they spend the majority of their lives in? The letter leaked before Coats could make a public announcement. OH Trisha you are singing a song that I know the words to well. A very sad day for the fabric industry. A hobby quilter can only buy a certain amount of fabric. @Christa and K Davis, and others who have tried to purchase from them, but couldnt get anyone from the company to respond to them the company is finally getting their payback. So, it begs to be asked, how much did the consumer play a part in this? All rights reserved. Orders placed to date for delivery prior to May 31 will be fulfilled. Thats like comparing Silk to Muslin! Stitchers in the UK and Australia are paying $20 or more per yard/meter of the same fabrics. We've been hard at work with our friends at. Just go to Quilt Con and it is filled with them, eager to learn and connect with designers such as Tula Pink and Anna Marie. I am more of a common sense person. Why should my local quilt shop scream? This website and its content are the copyright of Craft Industry Alliance LLC - Craft Industry Alliance 2015-2023. We must continue to support our local stores before we go to huge discount online stores. If you can not be profitable with these designers, you are right to cease these operations. The reality is this folks: we dont matter. It isnt necessarily a management problem, but a market problem. It had the personality of an individual. But if it werent for the internet stores, I would never have been able to get some of these fabrics. The one 5 mintes from my house is growing larger. Couldnt agree more. I dont see How You Have Anything Left to sell to customers!? You can look for more closures, reduced offerings, less availability along with cheap prices; this is what the majority of crafters want. I dont care. Paradiso I wasnt suggesting that this had anything to do with FreeSpirit closing down. Y'all notice everything! If love been telling reps for years. It has been my life experience that popularity of many things in life run in cycles. I wouls like to see what the Wall Street Journal could do with tgis. My designers certainly were buying the fabric linesso we did our part! Im sorry to hear this as these are some of my favorite designers. It probably wont be there if you come back a few weeks later! Re higher prices Australia & others: President Trump chose not to sign the TPP (TransPacific Partnership) trade agreement which covers trade with 40% of world & would have resulted in decreased tariffs on FreeSpirit & Westminster fabrics exported by U.S. The most expensive fabric in my store is $12 a yard. These are my favorite fabrics and I buy plenty of them. Please hire some of those designer. I believe coats didnt pay attention to the buying trends, people want precuts and patterns showing how to use the product. The threads coordinate particularly well with the Strawberry color way of her latest fabric release, Slow & Steady, but would truly be a marvelous addition to any sewing room. However, I think that the designers themselves were probably doing well but their fabric maybe wasnt selling as well as their names were. creating new designs. Its like looking at fine artmany people see it, love it, but fewer people buy it. I cant even when I see consumers in this comment section here whining about US retail price for fabric. Ayup. It wasn't borne through the passing down of generational knowledge. stolen time and stolen moments. I am an accountant, but in a different industry. I love my local quilt shops too but dont shame the big box stores with rumors of inferior quality fabrics. If you are sewing clothes, then you already have leftover fabric! Perhaps if they had MAP pricing in effect it would have helped their bottom line. It starts before they produce product. This is such a very sad situation, the designers are awesome and I hope will be picked up immediately by another company. Oh, please, dont make even this political. She stated all of her artwork belongs to her and it will go with her to the new company. True Colors is a replenishable collection available through FreeSpirit Fabrics. The other is 20 minutes away and is doing great as well. I am one of those over 70 quilters. This would be a perfect opportunity for another distribution company to add these well known and highly loved designers to their offering. I worked at the Greer Facility for 14 Years and I totally agree with Nancy! Coats may exceed other companies in sewing thread production. Here are some interesting tidbits: Yes, Tula Pink is her real name. I understand WHY those prices are the way they are. As fabric prices have continued to rise, I find I am able to purchase less frequently. I have several health problems that include a very weak immune system. 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