June 26, 2025 8:02 am
Business, Clark County, News 
Diane Geisler of Puyallup looks at a quilt on the wall Friday at Fiddlesticks Quilt Shop in Vancouver. Geisler drove down to participate in the Western Washington Quilt Shop Hop. (Taylor Balkom/The Columbian)
Owner Cheran Bee, from right, helps customers Bev Richardson and Diane Geisler of Puyallup on Friday at Fiddlesticks Quilt Shop in Vancouver. The quilt shop is one of the places sewers can go to get fabric and accessories now that Joann Fabric and Crafts has closed. (Taylor Balkom/The Columbian)
Reams of quilting fabric sit on a shelf Friday at Fiddlesticks Quilt Shop in Vancouver. (Taylor Balkom/The Columbian)
Fabric and quilts sit in retail space Friday at Fiddlesticks Quilt Shop in Vancouver. (Taylor Balkom/The Columbian)
Trudy Whitenack of Brush Prairie, left, joins daughter Tammie Eckert while shopping at Joann Fabric and Crafts in Orchards earlier this year during the company’s closing sale. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian files)
Clark County’s sewing shops are seeing more foot traffic since Joann Fabric and Craft stores shuttered late last month.
The retailer announced in February it was closing all of its 444 stores nationwide, including two in Vancouver. As of this month, Joann is officially gone.
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