Joann, the major national retailer of fabric and craft supplies, is going out of business and closing all of its roughly 800 stores. What does that mean for professionals who relied on the chain?

The remaining 440+ Joann stores will close by May 31. The fabric and craft retailer filed for bankruptcy in January 2025, its second within a year.

One-third of all Joann stores closed for business permanently in April, ... House of Fabrics, in the late 1990s and helping increase the retailer's store footprints from 2006 to 2016.

Joann was one of the best places to buy fabric, but with the store closing, quilters are left looking for new shops. Here are our favorites, including Spoonflower, Hawthorne, and Etsy.

If you love to sew or do other fabric projects, now might be your last chance to visit a Joann store to pick through what's left of the fabric brand's inventory. After 82 years in business, Joann ...

Updated March 03, 2025 at 13:44 PM ET. If you love to sew or do other fabric projects, now might be your last chance to visit a Joann store to pick through what's left of the fabric brand's inventory.