Jo-Ann Fabrics?

Hello Blogosphere,

I have started doing my Blog Homework and am becoming hip with the lingo.

Today's topic is Jo-Ann Fabics and other Chain Stores verses Wholesale or Online companies.

This comes about because I have spent so much money at Jo-Ann Fabrics in the last week of my life, but I have saved SOOO much more then I spent. How, you might ask? Sales. Sales. One Coupon and more Sales.

Since I stared making LowlaBags I have need cotton canvas. Lots of cotton canvas, and Jo-Ann's just had a huge sale. TIP for anyone who did not inherit their father's ability to sniff out a good bargain here is a simple place to start.

- If you are making something lets say a LowlaBag or purse, but you do not have anything specific in mind go to the remnants section first. I found a ton of great fabric that was all reasonably priced. It is almost alway's discounted a sizable percentage from the original price. Now it is rare to find a yard or more, but you would be surprised at how far 3/4 of a yard will get you when you are designing your own patterns.

So the best part of Jo-Ann's remnants last week was the fact that they were all 50% off the marked down price. O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay! So I ended up spending about $75 dollars total and saving almost $200.

So my question .... If I can save crazy amounts of money at Jo-Ann Fabrics, does it make sense at this point in my business to switch to wholesale? Now, I have not looked in to Wholesale Fabric yet, so it might be a lot cheaper or at least constant.

I have looked in to wholesale yarn, but it did not make financially sense.

I guess we will see.

Laura