What kind of world will they spend the majority of their lives in? Most of us fall into one category or the other and it is very hard to wrap our minds around the opposite mindset. Thats an idiotic statement! 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. Did you think the credit card processor that runs your endless credit cards is free? I ordered a Tasha Noel line that had a border print, little red riding hood.I received it and thought because the border print was folded inward that they did not send it. Follow. Only to lose . point of view. My tattoos and spikey dykey hair must mean I am a thief. Sorry to disagree with you but I never buy pre-cuts . But please, please, PLEASE, do not EVER complain that the industry is changing. Youre right. I do not think the average age of a quilter is over 70. I would respond to the rest, but I would encourage you to better educate yourself about this issue. I wish I could have been more supportive a widows pension will only go so far. Just a though: If they are truly closing, wouldnt we (quilt shop owners) receive a notification directly from the company? WWII added a lot of pressure to many industries to provide war supplies. .not a full blown broken pallet but just a mark, theyd scream merchandise damage. HOMEMADE HomeMade Collectionhttps://www.fatquartershop.com/free-spirit/homemade-tula-pink-free-spirit HomeMade Half Yard Bundle Reservationhttps://www.fatqu. The reason LQS are closing is people are buying online from cheaper sources. Coats may exceed other companies in sewing thread production. Its the traditional guilds that have predominantly older quilters, with all of their rules. When I saw Tula last May at Spring Market in Minneapolis, I spoke with her about the opportunity to visit her studio and be a part of her new reality show, Tulas House. Gosh, the last thing we need is another fabric company! I literally got followed around the shop til one of the biddies worked up the nerve to ask me what I was looking for (exact words What are you looking for?) I name dropped three big designers, described my very large quilt and said I was looking for a coordinate to replace x bc x was sold out. Eventually stores get tired of investing so much for so little and stop bringing in fabrics that do not sell. Here is the short of it . I think this comment is misguided. Who is you people? True Colors is a replenishable collection available through FreeSpirit Fabrics. The problem is not in the designers or their designs. I usually always purchase a whole FQ collection and sometimes more of Denyse Schmidt and Anna Maria Horner. That would be the day I pay 27 dollars for quilting fabric, which is essentially a lightweight cotton compared to many of the upholstery and drapery fabrics. Large Project Bag with full-color printed back panel of Tula Pink's Pedal to the Metal design. Stupid management, should be fired. Weve done a more in-depth analysis of what might have caused this closure and what it signals for the quilting industry as a whole. Define high please. Fabric is a tough business for both manufacturers and store owners. After reading her comment, I thought of the large club I belong to. It is unclear at this time what will happen to designers who are currently under contract with Free Spirit some of whom are among the biggest names in the quilting industry including Tula Pink, Kaffe Fasset, Amy Butler, Anna Maria Horner, and Denyse Schmidt, among many others. We pay much, much more, but now I only buy a few select designers now. We finally had to give up placing orders. I never ever had trouble with Free Spirit in terms of distribution or delivery. Thats like comparing Silk to Muslin! I do not disagree with the reasons. I try to keep to my LQS/quilt shows and the fun online shops (mentioned previously), as I want to keep my business in the family, so to speak. I see it all the time in our online group. Adjustments certainly will be made due to computers and the Internet. The modern quilt guild is going strong. I dont understand why the big fabric houses are not just hiring people to cut and sell their fabrics directly online. she ordered it and then said, Oh Im so sorry as if she realized how rude she was. Best quality and performance. I feel very sad that we may loose some of these inspirational designers. I was told in my previous comment that price fixing is illegal. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. The market was Despite her love of quilting (which she jokes, I was a It was fun but she was tired of being broke so she decided to get a job. Im 41 years old and often feel on the older side of my quilting peers. You will also receive a 20% discount coupon good for any item(s) inmyshop at AmyBarickman.com, as well as a special PDF bonus featuringVintage Made Modern printables including labels, lists, cards, and a magic pattern! We are a huge community of quilters, and I promise most of use arent over 70. If you want nice fabric (going forward), the answer is simple. A little lowering of the price of the fabrics by these awesome designers would probably help, but dont cheapen the quality of the fabrics. Hopefully someone will sign them. The most expensive fabric in my store is $12 a yard. We will continue to fulfil orders placed to date for delivery prior to Thursday 31 May and new orders for existing collections on a first come first service basis. At this age, weve been quilting for 30-40 years and have built up quite a stash. I pre-ordered a bundle just after Christmas. But since becoming an admin for a few Facebook quilting groups, Ive seen what some of the older more experienced ladies say and do to a lot of our younger new sewists. Beautiful yes but has got out of my proce range. Tula Pink, Kaffe Fasset, Amy Butler, quilting world needs you! Shell go on and work with someone else. I, too, am hopeful they will be picked up by other companies; however, I am in agreement with others. As they said, it was their business model that was at fault. The brick and mortars that continue to stand have my deepest appreciation. They are all very popular and have nothing to do with how Coats is run. My LQS carries a little Kaffe and a little Tula, no Denyse or Jennifer at all. This certainly puts some good people out of work (at least for awhile) as it doesnt sound like they were given any notice. Its a very, very complex issue and perhaps now consumers/quilters will become more educated on the market. I fully agree with you. Its one of the few wow, so much to expect for the 70-hour weeks and capital I put in. This appears to be a result of poor management. Tula Pink said that she was an independent designer and could move on. View Collection. FREIGHT COSTS, which used to be so small as to be hardly worth measuring, continue to increase to the point that they are a significant factor in the cost of fabric being shipped around the globe. The fabric is great, but they have been a nightmare to fabric from. I buy both, but mostly solids over the past 2 years as my stash of prints is quite large, Your email address will not be published. Anyone can beat me up for that comment. Personally I have used hundreds of yards of Kaffe Fassett fabrics. We believe that through making these difficult decisions we will create an improved customer focused business for the future, from which you will benefit, and I hope you will continue to work with us. Do you know anything about the contractual arrangements that FreeSpirit had with its fabric designers, and what options each side has for using the designs when FS folds? Not one ounce of grace. The issue has now been resolved. world rather than have to survive on 50% of the quilters in my vicinity. They are truly the very best designers in the industry. During her "Adele, One Night Only" TV special with Oprah, the. They did it to themselves. I think you are out to lunch thinking quilting is on its way out with an average age of 70. Andover, Dear Stella, Cotton + Steel had more mass appeal and sold well for me. Then the designer could do stationary or paper goods designs, or license their designs to other companies that would use them on their products. I am a modern quilt shop owner and have a successful online shop, and I honestly have to say that those fabrics dont sell as well as many of my other lines. And yet they still cry poverty or no profit in order to receive massive tax rebates to the tune of billions. And so many, many expenses associated with cutting those fat quarters. I feel the problem lay and the top of the chain, once the designers passed the baton to the sales and marketing division. YES!!! OH Trisha you are singing a song that I know the words to well. Tula Pink uses natural dyes in all of its garments. Unfortunate for the designers but hopefully they will continue their great work elsewhere! Today Tula Pink works closely with the good people at FreeSpirit Fabrics to develop multiple fabric collections every year, is an Ambassador for BERNINA sewing machines, develops collections for Aurifil Threads and Renaissance Ribbons and writes books for F+W Media about quilting and sewing. We have seen sewing, bag making and quilting increase in popularity over the past 10 years. Obviously poor business practices somewhere along the line. I got tired of it and dont bother anymore. You can use a coupon on each item in a transaction, as long as the coupons each have a different bar code. The change will be difficult but there are quilters like me that still need designers like you. There will come a time when we can no longer touch and feel anything we are buying. You did this to Rowan Yarns as well and they are still going strong. Perhaps if they had MAP pricing in effect it would have helped their bottom line. It amazes me how quilters will spend $700-$900 to attend a retreat with some on-line only sourcebut wont pay $40-$100 to take a workshop at their local quilt shop. I buy fabric by the metre in Australia and by the yard online from mainly two companies in America. The other day, a customer came in looking for a low priced sewing machine for her daughters. I am an accountant, but in a different industry. I showed her what we had. Ive never been a brand name purchaser in my 80 plus years, and Im not starting now. Some are thinner than others. Free Spirit Fabrics will be shut down by parent company Coats. Tula Pink did a Facebook live on Tuesday. I can find my people Yes the prices are steep, but the love of quilting seems to be persisting. Coats has owned Free Spirit for nearly two decades. So, pretty soon, it will be the only company out there selling fabric and all the other little retailers will die. Tula Pink is an illustrator, a fabric designer, aquilter,an author, a maker and a generally good person who enjoys talking about herself. What quilters do you know? Definitely a. Kaffe Fassett follower. You bet. 3,270 posts. Come hangout and watch Tula every Tuesday (and sometimes Fridays) as she talks about upcoming fabric collections, her design process, special announcements, & so much more! There has been some serious discussion of my upcoming fabric collection titled "Spirit Animal" and I would like to address it directly. Dont shut down the business, especially when it houses some of THE most popular fabric designers in the world! Maybe for that very reason. I have only found two Tula fabrics I liked and they were selling for $AUD60 per yard on a destash/ebay site. It prohibits competition amongst companies and ends up driving prices up. And quilting and other crafting hobbies are taking a big hit because we(I ) have less money to spend in this arena and the cost are going up too high on the fabrics and other items. I wont support them by buying their thread or yarn. Seems like they should have been more selective with which designs went to print. something they do for themselves. Or think that you have lived through these really, really hard decisions and know what caused them. If you want us to purchase more product more frequently you must meet us part way! Tula got about half way and then she ran out of gas money so she stayed put. A very sad day for the fabric industry. It Did Not work. existing fabrics through bleaching, dying or screen printing. If anything, there is a glut of choice and that may be the problem. I have one myself that is not quilting related. I love Amy Butler and Tula but find it hard to incorporate some of their prints. As an avid collectorof Tulas prints, I could never keep up with sewing all of them along with all of the other new lines Im stashing! dont have to be everything to everyone anymore. Their thread racks keep getting smaller and they are getting rid of our favorite designers. But ultimately, while in that space so many people are Tula Pink did a Facebook live on Tuesday. I sent a message to Tula Pink on Facebook about it. Maybe you should take a keek around the internet before you start writing quiltings obituary. Regardless of her route, They get a lot of hits and favorites, but they dont really sell all that well. Im going to watch to see who picks them up and buy from them. need of people just like her. This is another interesting read on the topic http://crazyquilteronabike.blogspot.com/2018/02/my-advice-to-fabric-companies.html. Always. I doubt know that she would want to go back. If those fabrics meet your needs then do not complain about the Free Spirit Fabric prices. It has to be a management problem. American companies turned traitor on us, and we not only let them, we encouraged it by continuing to buy their garbage. If they as a shop were happy with the price they were selling at what right does a company have to fix the price. It was really big and really bright. The fabric industry has changed in recent years, sparked by The Fassett and Schmidt lines have been my favorites for years. They may be the first to go, but they wont be the last. My designs are largely about escapism, she explains. I dont agree with everything you are saying about Quilters. However, old Amy butler was lovely, newer amy butler was just. Those 42 sku collections can cost $2000-$3000! Although, most of us can afford to buy fabric, were using our stash. Say I have 500 yards of a best selling bolt.. but only 500 yards. In fact, I left there going on a year ago it became so unbearable. 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. I think we will continue to see fabrics from the top talent from this group at other manufacturers. I totally agree that the problem is not the designers, but it is a Coats problem. I would tell them dont even take it out of the bag if you didnt buy it here because it would cost $25 for me to give any advice whatsoever. Its difficult to work so hard to make a shop viable, only to hear complaints about price (we were $12/yard) or to watch people photograph bolt end labels to no doubt purchase online. The reality is this folks: we dont matter. I have been trying to place a new order for weeks! I love my local quilt shops too but dont shame the big box stores with rumors of inferior quality fabrics. These designers were selling books and products, but the fabric company didnt necessarily benefit from those sidelines. We havent much choice. I thought the prices in the US were high, but when I see what Europe and Australia is paying, I really am shocked! I agree, they are all wonderful creative people who could not be the problem. I wish they would slow it down a bitwe cant buy everything! Tula Pink has re-released Holiday Homes in flannel, but I was fortunate enough to get the original cotton version. There are a LOT of us and we happily buy fabric and support quilting companies. The cost per meter here for a solid in Canada is roughly $11 per meter, which I think is great. I want to see the color Im getting you dont always get true colors from a computer and I want to handle the fabric I purchase. So we, as the consumer, will loose again because a company just cant get their act together. They told me to keep it as a gift. We are losing so much in this country and people wont be happy until they have limited options. They buy from independent owner/operator like me. Beauty is always in the eye of the beholder, but if it makes you happy, thats what counts. And, if you look at IG, you would probably agree. Take note all you failing cut throat ceos and boardrooms!!!! I know Im not the only one burnt out and depressed by now. Dont shop at the big guys. I have a Modern Quilt Shop in a small town but my customers have learned because I was upfront right in the beginning. (100% Authentic) Slimming Pills Reviews - Holland Health Clinic. So horrible! You cant blame everything on him. If the designers signed an exclusive license to allow FS to reproduce their design, then the designer cannot use the design themselves or sell it to anyone else. Only sell at the same price to everyone, the fact that some companies can buy huge amounts at a discount is what has killed the fabric sales. That you proudly bought on Massdrop. Since Im self -taught, Id read a book or magazine article and say to myself, Who the blast are these people, and where do they get off laying down all of these rules? As the years passed, and I did some teaching, I always shared what few tricks worked for me, and requested the students to share any tricks that worked for them. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. Finding Motivation To Lose Weight, Way To Go Weight Loss. I could not agree more. 12$ is half of the price we paid for these fabrics in Sweden. . 0. I have been a quilter for 35 years and almost always find that each fabric I purchase ends up being used in at least two projects, sometimes years apart. I had the same experience with LQS until one time I really HAD to go into one for a project. Shopping on-line only sites for discounts not only hurts your brick and mortars, but it hurts the sales reps for the company they are selling for, it hurts the designers, it hurts the people who work in the warehouse. After about 5 years of that her ears began to bleed so she left her job and California and went in search of a new home. Quality over quantity. The popularity of sewing is on its way back thanks to shows like Project Runway. |. I predict you will have a lot more problems from here on out, because I for one, do not intend to buy ANY of your products from today forward, just like you did to the designers! They have quite (4 I think ) a few HUGE name companies that make drapery fabric (can you say $100 to over $1,000 a yard) plus bedding, wallpaper , carpet et al. yard, often consist of more than one material and are averaging only slightly higher in the States going from the mid 20s on up per yard. I dont love my LQS for lots of reasons, but one thing Ive noticed (that I definitely take advantage of) is that they sell a lot of older stuff of these designers, esp DS and AB at ridiculously low prices. She lives for it. Designers do not teach for free even when they visit local quilt shops. I called them horrified to pay for the extra fabric. There were even kids there. Granted, the quality of the fabric is excellent, but the price is too much for many quilters. Regardless of her route, she's managed to successfully carve out her own place in a niche that was in need of people just like her. With top designers like these being It was fun but she was tired of being broke so she decided to get a job. But, what they were buying wasnt Free Spirit, for the most part. They have consistently made it impossible to find local sellers of any/all of their products. I personally think they should have been offering lines from only a handful of them. Only to lose the sale to an online retailer because we can NOT afford (or could not in my case as I closed my retail store) to bring in the entire 24 sku line. Ive got to believe the designers were blindsided as Ive seen a few advertise new releases of fabric in the past couple of days. Im sure Ive purchased FS in the past but I base it on what I like. I have had really good luck with eQuilter.com lately getting exactly what I want at a reasonable price. That is a big risk. Click! I was hoping to get more into quilting now that I am home a lot but have discovered how awfully expensive it is so will stick with sewing clothing and smaller projects. They became scattered. (This is true for EVERY type of small business- pet stores, art shops, hobby stores.. Just to be clear, we arent affiliated with Coats. The costs of offering fabrics in a Brick and Mortar are huge, and the margins are non-existent. These large box stores/larger companies ruin it for the smaller ones because SOMEONE has to make up the costs or a company goes out of business. Sometimes the people in design get too big for their britches. Quilters buy FQs of these fabrics in the LQS, very few purchases were for yardage. I quit ordering from them years ago. They recently stopped. I have to trust myself.. In the end it will be the consumer who loses but right now people are still too busy making excuses why they cant shop local. My fantasy is that the wonderful free Spirit designers will form their own cooperative and continue inspiring all of us! Here are some interesting tidbits: Yes, Tula Pink is her real name. Outrageous prices keep sales down and poor management delivers the final blow. Be cautious here folks. The comments on this thread from quilters who know absolutely nothing about running a brick and mortar quilt shop are staggering. The designers have given us some of the best fabrics on the market. I do not care for fabric.com. I cant say that I respect Coats, as you have said, but I understand what happened. This is a bit of insight into the situation. Kaffe did though. Think how Disney rests their movies. It wasnt just one bad move that did them in, it was one after another. I understand. Ill adapt as it comes. she was escaping into a hobby dating back to her 12th birthday. A sad day. She does not work for Freespirit, she partners with them. F*****.com is one of the worst. There are cheaper for those who want them. And prided yourself on quilting with solids. The modern quilt movement has brought in many younger quilters. In Europe they spend around 20 euro (from what I read on-line) I think most quilters here would spend more. The local quilt shops have closed because they cant compete with the big online discounters. Were in a bad trap of our own making, and I cant find an alternative if I want to keep making things. I dont know the answers to these very good questions, Caroline. Hint: from personal experience, buy ALL the fabric you need for your quilt project when youre beginning. Big names cost $$. Olivia Wilde Labels Herself. It is an expensive hobby (buying fabric lol I mean quilting) but as they say its cheaper than therapy! Sounds like the business side has problems! Phyllisthey used to sell to Fabric.com. Tisha Copeland price fixing is against the law. I dont know, but its an interesting thought. I would guess that the directive was to stop the bleeding from the fabric division and as terrible as it is for quilters she has probably done what her bosses wanted. Grantedits beautiful work and excellent fabric but so are many others. But the individuals being squeezed in the end are at the lowest rung of the ladderthe people overseas working in slave conditions. Maybe not enough was offered at Time it came available. Slightly off topic but I have noticed a big trend in not mixing designers lines in a quilt, ie quilt is all tula and maybe some Kona, scrappy quilts from your stash less likely, but the ranges usually mix and match well, plus they release new ranges so quickly. Many of Those quality fabric companies you refer to produce the same fabrics for Jo-Anns, Walmart and Hobby Lobby. Could you please tell me where the Kaffe Fassett fabrics are made? They paid for the fabric originally, and are free to do with it what they please. Tula Pink has a good video on her Facebook page addressing this very issue. Although I love supporting your local story by their online presence too. I did find an outlet, Hobbycrart, where I purchased a few of the Beautuful Tanya Whelan design in yardage. Im curious because Ive never had trouble finding Free Spirit or Westminster Fabrics, nor have I ever had any troubles as a retailer ordering and receiving them. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. It was one of the most poorly run businesses I had ever worked for in my 45 years of employment. Who reading this cant admit that quilt shops near them have closed? Tula Pink had a new career. Im an independent pattern designer with a small quilt store. Free Spirit fabrics is really all I buy anymore. Sadly. Im just sick about all this. Not sure why Coats had such a poor business plan when other companies are clearly making a go of it. Fabric already on the pricy side was already pushed out of my affordability bracket by having to pay silly amounts of fabric a hugely inflated prices for tiny scraps. Perhaps Ms. Leichtweis and Mr. Howard are not able to manage their business unit cost efficiently. Looks like management doesnt know how to market and run this company. It is our intent to support you, our talented and dedicated artist, during this transition. If they cant make a particular line of business profitable, they dont have a lot of other options. The employees only found out Monday, We had a fabric shop (not all Quilting) they bought a fabric which was actually a curtain fabric minus the block out. I would think nothing of purchasing quality cotton fabric for an entire quilt a couple years ago, but not today! I am not sure why. lol) Its a relatively solitary activity, even though weve built Coats is particularly proud of its long association supporting our customers and North America based crafters and alternative options have been considered extremely carefully. Comparing the quality of Walmart and Joanns against Tula Pink and Kaffe Fassett is like comparing lemons to apples. In less than 5 years the only brick & mortar shops will be in vacation spots. These are top designers & surely cannot be blamed for lack of profit! I think that eventually its going to come to that. Something that I took some time and made just for them. Absolutely! 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 also an RN and some of my personal money from that job go into subsidizing my shop. Dont give in to the pressure, if you really want to quilt, then find fabrics that you can afford. So sad , these are the very best designers in the business!!!! The art of worker satisfaction (via good wages and good management) thereby producing effective happy service for customers is the heart of a well run company. Are they the most talented designers out there? I got over the tattoos, etc a long time ago. I hope my favorite designers find a new home , I don;t find the prices to be any higher than other quilting fabrics. My guild has approximately 75 members of ALL ages. And the designers only made about 20 cents per yard sold of their fabric designs. The more enticing projects presented, the more they will buy to make that project. This is how it is with EVERY small business. I own a B&M QS too, so I understand the frustration with giant discounters! The designers are being ripped off by individual consumers that take advantage of their favourite designers to earn money off them. They are just moving out old fabric to make room for the new ones. In Canada, we often pay *over* $20 CAD per yard in a local quilt shop and there is no TULA or KAFFE and the selection is minimal. If a big name amusement parks attendance is down they raise prices to try to keep their income the same. #silverlining. Collection prints will come and go, but True Colors is forever and for everyone. People do it to relax, to put themselves at ease. As a quilter, we already are paying more for high quality fabric. They sit down to quilt in Designers usually have a certain style that is their own, but it seems to me that what buyers want changes just like fashions. This practice has had an effect. We must continue to support our local stores before we go to huge discount online stores. designed by a person, Pink explains. I really cant agree with you on that Carla. It is definitely a company problem, not the most popular designers. saturated with reproductions. Hard to attend a sit and sew at an online store I could write a thesis on it. Maybe it has to do with Coats and not the fabric and designers. I am 63 and have been quilting since I was 20, I love all types of quilting styles. Its a shame quality fabrics are so high, but lets examine the word QUALITY and remember why thats so. I dont have a business degree. I can survive on 1% of quilters all over than First world problems totally! I was at a Tula Pink lecture in the UK a week ago and the average age was wayyy under 70. Why would I want to go into a local mom and pop store for bad customer service or basically ignored until I start looking at big ticket items like expensive sewing or quilting machines. We are a retailer in Australia. I hate to say it, but its just fabric, people. Theyre not making any money on them. For whatever reason, quilting just satisfied that artistic Any fabric that Fabric.com has for sale of Moda now are the old lines. 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