My protest of Hobby Lobby is more than a drop in the bucket.

[BrotherIvan]

86. Brava!!!

A little extra effort goes a long way. I haven't heard anything about pageants supporting this decision--at first if made me sick and then I didn't know why I was surprised. Awful.

Anyone looking for fabric at wholesale prices (if you buy more than $300 a year) check out this company

http://checkerdist.com/

You need a resale license, but if you are making things for sale that's easy. Or a group of friends can get together to make the minimums. They have name brand fabric, much better than anything you can find at JoAnn, WalMart or HL. Because often brands have to make a cheap version for those stores because the margins are so low. A good example is the flannel at Joann is often screened and shrinks and pills horribly in one wash. I found a company called Diamond Textiles that makes many of the same basics at the same price per yard but it is double brushed and dyed. Big difference.

Checker Distributors is not my favorite in terms of customer service, but their big advantage is you can buy from all different vendors. And thier first minimum buy is much lower than the companies themselves, I think about $300 Quilters unite and buy wholesale! And as noted above, showrooming is a good idea, though as I said, most chain stores won't even carry the quality. If I want to see a color, I will often order a fat quarter from somewhere like Hawthorne threads or one of the very nice indie strores in my area and then by the bolt. I can sometimes buy a whole bolt for how much it costs to buy a few yards. If you are on Etsy, check out the buying groups as there are many.

They also have craft supplies, notions, thread, etc. A really good assortment that any crafter needs. We should all share our great sources depending on what you need so we can help cut out HL.

Good luck with your work and thanks for helping to send a message that treating your employees as less than human is not acceptable.