Fabric and crafts retailer Joann is shutting down all of its U.S. stores, leaving cosplayers, seamstresses and small Etsy business owners in the dust.

Fabric and crafts retailer Joann Inc., which has been a destination for generations of quilters, knitters and other lovers of crafts, is going out of business.

Joann has announced its plans to shut down all its fabric and craft stores following a bankruptcy filing in January. In a statement released on Sunday, the company confirmed that GA Group, along with the Prepetition Term Loan Agent, has been chosen as the winning bidder to acquire nearly all of Joann's assets.

Joann fabric and craft store in Torrington is facing closure along with nine other locations across Connecticut. A store employee said 11 part-time workers will be impacted at the Torrington Plaza store.

The bankruptcy will affect Joann’s five New Mexico locations in Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Las Cruces and Farmington.

The company announced its bankruptcy and sale to GA Group on Sunday and said going-out-of-business sales would begin at all locations immediately. The post ​​All 21 Joann fabric and crafts stores will close in Mass.

Looking for a new craft store now that Joann Fabrics and Crafts is preparing to close. Here are 5 you can visit in the Green Bay area.

Joann Inc., the nationwide retailer of crafts and hobby products and materials, announced that it is going out of business and closing all its locations after having all of its

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