▲ 140 ▼ What do you wish you'd have known before you started your hobby(s)? (piefed.world) submitted 6 months ago by toomanypancakes@piefed.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world 192 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] gnomesaiyan@lemmy.world 35 points 6 months ago (3 children) Losing Joann's has made it really difficult to find fabric locally. Michael's needs to step their game up. permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 6 months ago Yeah, there really hasn’t been a good alternative for fabric. Lots of people were quick to jump on the “lol join the 21st century and just buy it online” side of the argument, but buying fabric is an extremely tactile experience. You need to feel it to know that it will have the correct texture, weight, see it will hang, which direction(s) it will stretch, how much it will stretch, how easy is is to stretch, etc for what you’re trying to make, because all of those qualities will heavily impact the end product. Those things are difficult to quantify, and nearly impossible to judge purely from photos on an online listing. Two fabrics that look identical online can have vastly different weights, stretch, textures, etc… permalink fedilink source parent [–] RebekahWSD@lemmy.world 19 points 6 months ago It's miserable. It was such a good store, Michael's doesn't compare for fabric yet. Hoping they get as much fabric as they've been sending me emails, might get a lot then lol permalink fedilink source parent [–] roofuskit@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago Move to Chicago, we have good local stores for fabric. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 6 months ago Yeah, there really hasn’t been a good alternative for fabric. Lots of people were quick to jump on the “lol join the 21st century and just buy it online” side of the argument, but buying fabric is an extremely tactile experience. You need to feel it to know that it will have the correct texture, weight, see it will hang, which direction(s) it will stretch, how much it will stretch, how easy is is to stretch, etc for what you’re trying to make, because all of those qualities will heavily impact the end product. Those things are difficult to quantify, and nearly impossible to judge purely from photos on an online listing. Two fabrics that look identical online can have vastly different weights, stretch, textures, etc… permalink fedilink source parent
[–] RebekahWSD@lemmy.world 19 points 6 months ago It's miserable. It was such a good store, Michael's doesn't compare for fabric yet. Hoping they get as much fabric as they've been sending me emails, might get a lot then lol permalink fedilink source parent
[–] roofuskit@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago Move to Chicago, we have good local stores for fabric. permalink fedilink source parent