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Posted on: 10/15/09 9:09 PM ET
And that's moving to a BIGGER location, as yet undisclosed.

All the farbrics were 40-70% off, the notions all seemed to be on sale and patterns were discounted. I can only recall the Burdas were $3.99 and Vogues $5.99.

I did my part to lighten the load when the move comes!
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Posted on: 10/15/09 10:39 PM ET
Are they still having the sale? I will for sure go tomorrow if they are.

The Fabricland in Maple Ridge and in Coquitlam closed in the last 6 months or so. Langley is pretty much the last one other than Abbotsford so I hope they really are moving and not closing. Maple Ridge and Coquitlam both said they were moving and weren't.

  
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Posted on: 10/16/09 12:05 PM ET
Sale is still on! I bought some very nice silk charmeuse, not cheap, but quite reasonably priced for very high quality fabric. Cheaper and nicer than the silk I bought in India, now that I think about it.

I had my suspicions about a permanent closure, but the move seems sincere as the staff said management is looking for 12,000 square feet.

I think more sewing goes on out in the Valley - the Mennonite and Sikh women make (or have a dressmaker create) a lot of their clothing.

If I had to drive to Langley or Surrey to get to a Fabricland....well....I'm probably going to keep driving and go to Fabricana in Coquitlam. Most likely I would just go to Dressew downtown as it is the most transit-accessible.
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Posted on: 10/18/09 11:01 PM ET
Thanks,

I went this weekend and spent too much money but got some really great bamboo/cotton/lycra fabric and about 5 Vogue patterns.

I hope they really are just moving.

I do go to Fabricana but they almost never have sales and that bugs me. I do like the fact that you get the pattern for half price if you purchase the fabric with it but...

  
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Posted on: 11/21/09 5:59 PM ET
Has anyone been here lately? Have their prices come down even more? I haven't been since my last post and I am wondering if they are still open and what the stock situation for fabric and patterns are like and if the sales are even better.

It is a bit of a drive for me.

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Posted on: 12/19/09 1:35 AM ET
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I went on Wednesday - the stock is pretty low. Lots of quilting fabrics, not a great selection of garment fabrics, and not a strand of thread left. The patterns were all on for 2-4 each. I bought quite a few Burdas but the Vogues I wanted were gone. The ribbon, including petersham, was 70% off.
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Posted on: 12/19/09 11:35 AM ET
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Thanks Vivienne,

I went about a week ago after calling to see if they were still open. They were all out of the patterns I wanted but I got three colours of bamboo/cotton/lycra jersey for 70% off. The ladies at Fabricland (the Abbotsford and Langley one) didn't really seem to know about the wonderfulness of the fabric. Fabricland headquarters had labeled it pj fabric. Oh well, I got 10 meters @ $6/meter. It is pretty much the only fabric I am sewing with for now.

I also got Bemberg lining for $3/m but I did not see the petersham and I wish I had as I have been wanting to try that it.

I heard today was their last day.
  
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Posted on: 12/19/09 2:05 PM ET
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I heard today was their last day.

Eeek - I had better go take one last look! I asked if they had a new location picked out and the answer was not yet. So it does look like this is a permanent closure.
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