Goodbye Fabric Place :(
September 2nd, 2008
According to a comment on a previous post, Judith says she learned that our shiny star of downtown,  Fabric Place, will close it’s doors for good on December 31st. I can’t even begin to say how dissapointed/devestated I am by this as a quilter and a resident of downtown. Just what we don’t need, a great business in a large building closing up shop.  This is a dark day for Framingham.Â
 I shall miss ye Fabric Place!
Say it ain’t so!
Comment by SouthboroughSpotter — September 3, 2008 @ 2:05 am
What!?!? WHY!?? ARG! I too am a Framingham resident and quilter and there really is no good alternative to Fabric Place. Well, nothing remotely nearby. Joanne’s in Natick doesn’t compare. Sad news.
Comment by Diana — September 3, 2008 @ 11:41 am
Definitely a sad day. I haven’t been there for awhile. The last time I went I was looking for a few specific designer lines of fabric and I just could not find what I was looking for….if you can believe that!
Online fabric stores have better selections and you don’t have to sit in downtown traffic to get it. It’s sad this had to happen and now I totally blame myself for buying all my fabric online.
Comment by Jennifer — September 3, 2008 @ 2:14 pm
It certainly is a dark day for this knitter. I will miss their wonderful selection of yarn.
Comment by Patty Hebert — September 3, 2008 @ 9:04 pm
Yes, very sad!!! I was just thinking of taking a sewing class there. I guess I still can but what’s the point? Where am I going to get my fabrics after I learned how to sew?
Comment by Tina — September 3, 2008 @ 10:14 pm
The sad news was confirmed today in the MetroWest Daily: http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/news/x359567338/Fabric-Place-is-closing.
Comment by SouthboroughSpotter — September 4, 2008 @ 10:48 am
Nooooooooo! Not only am I sad for myself (I’m a quilter who loved the convenience of a huge store right in town), but I’m sad for downtown Framingham- one less business downtown.
It’s up to ThisisFramingham to find out what’s going to become of that huge building? Another church? (how we miss ye, Friendly’s)
Comment by Nicole — September 5, 2008 @ 8:13 am
Terrible news…a rare gem in downtown.
Comment by Toni — September 8, 2008 @ 12:41 pm
My mum occasionally dragged me in here as a youth in the 80s-90s. It was always too long a visit for my liking until… I discovered the fun of Renaissance Fairs (King Richard’s in Carver, MA being the closest). My girlfriend at the time and I then began trolling the place in the 90s to find stuff to create some authentic medieval garb. What fun! What memories! It will be sad to see it go.
I PRAY that whatever moves in is s step in the right direction for the downtown district. Something to serve the community perhaps? One can only hope.
Comment by Nostalgio — September 17, 2008 @ 1:42 am
I’m so sad about the Fabric Place leaving, too! In fact, to this day, I still call it Sportswear! I was brought up in Framingham too, lived there all my life from the early 50’s to maybe 7 or so years ago when I moved to Hopkinton. I lived not too far from Sunshine Dairy (anyone remember that?) and went to the good ol’ Woodrow Wilson School in the 60’s. Nancy Drawe aka (Punky)
Comment by Nancy Drawe — October 7, 2008 @ 5:44 pm
No! This terrible!!! I wanted to visit in a couple years (from Florida) and bring my daughter to play in the big barrel of buttons!!! My mom will be upset to hear this too
Comment by Alli — October 9, 2008 @ 12:52 am
I no longer live in the area but The Fabric Place was a big part of my life when I did. My kids still remember the button barrel! This is a sad day.
Comment by Diane Gerrish — October 9, 2008 @ 10:24 am
oh the hours i spent locked in a hot car in downtown framingham while my mom looked at every single piece of fabric, ball of yarn, and spool of thread… such memories…
Comment by seth — October 9, 2008 @ 9:51 pm
I, too, have been going to the Fabric Place for years and years. Even after I moved to NC, when I’d come home (2 or 3 times a year) I had to go the Fabric Place. I am devastated that they are closing. And this comes right after Wrights closed their factory outlet store, in Sturbridge, my other pilgrimage stop. Buying online is an option, but doesn’t come close to going in the store and touching the fabric, seeing it up close, picking up the bolt and the selection was awesome, at all price levels. Doesn’t anyone in MA want to buy it and keep it open. If I lived up there I would get a bunch a women together and try to buy it. I hope someone does. Thanks to all the people who worked there and were always extremely helpful and always generous with their time.
Comment by Pamela Kelly — October 28, 2008 @ 10:57 am
Well, at least they are staying in Framingham, they are moving to 220 Arlington St… http://www.fabricplace.com/news/articles/pdf/Fabric%20Place%20Consolidates%20HQ.pdf
This the Boston Business Journal
Comment by Palmira — November 14, 2008 @ 3:02 pm