Episode 45: What Joann's Closing Really Did to the Quilting World (One Year Later)

Loose Threads & Stitches: A Quilting Podcast · May 14, 2026 · 21m

It's been just over a year since Joann's closed — and I'm finally saying the thing out loud.

This one's a palate cleanser. No journaling prompts, no deep dives. Just two quilters in a hotel lobby at 11pm. 🧵✨

It's been just over a year since Joann's announced it was all closing — and I've had some

THOUGHTS sitting in the back of my mind ever since. So today? Pure palate cleanser. We're

just talking like two quilters at a retreat, staying up way too late because the conversation

is too good to stop.

In this episode I'm sharing:

→ What Joann's actually WAS to so many of us (hint: it was more…