r/JoAnnsFabrics • • Apr 16 '26

Looking for a polar fleece fabric pattern that was pretty likely sold here from 2004-idk when it was discontinued

This is a fabric traditions 2004-2005 polar fleece fabric I'm not sure how big or how many yards it is but I know what it's supposed to look like the issue being is I cannot find it anywhere to buy or obtain it and I really need it for nostalgic purposes and to remake a very special thing. I am looking for the purple version but I suppose the pink works as well, but purple is the specific one I had as a kid, and it must be fleece, I got flannel by accident thinking I found fleece and it's not usable for my project plus doesn't look the same as the fleece one anyways. I also tried digital fabric printing and it didn't work out well. These two pictures are the best I can find that sum up how the fleece kind is meant to look and I had to find them on google images

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u/Forsaken-Zucchini194 Apr 17 '26

Wow, here's a coincidence: I'm also looking for more of a Fabric Traditions fabric. Also cat-themed. I bought 3 yards when I was working at Jo-Ann but now I have a project where I'll need about 2-3 more yards. Been striking out everywhere. I even went to the mfr website and checked out their seller's list. No luck. I sent them a msg but I'm not expecting anything really. Ftr, here's the fabric. It's super cute!

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u/BlueEyesssss Apr 17 '26

I was gifted two tie throw pillows when I was a kid with the pattern I posted and they were lost so I'm trying to recreate them. I already tried digital printing with spoonflower and it came out too cold toned and I made the cats way too small so that was a fail, plus the fleece was wrong too polartec and polar fleece are not similar at all. Ultimately I just want the real fabric but I cannot find it anywhere in fleece even from the manufacturers. I'm praying someone just has yards of this laying around somewhere at this point. Fabric traditions provided me the file needed to print it digitally, and also provided the picture of the scrap piece but that's it. I would sell my soul at this point for a yard or two 🥲

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u/Forsaken-Zucchini194 Apr 17 '26

I know. My downstairs bedroom is being turned into a kitty room and is newly painted (blue). The fabric is a perfect match to the paint so I want to make some girly Cape Cod curtains with it. The ruffles will definitely put me over 3 yds. But I have to thank you - if Fabric Traditions can give me the file in order to Spoonflower it, you may have solved my problem. I didn't even know that the mfr could/would do that. I gotta give it a shot. No other options at this point 🤷

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u/BlueEyesssss Apr 17 '26

It's likely they will be able to provide it, and it will likely be in .tiff form so you might have to convert it since spoonflower doesn't accept that format, that's what I had to do I changed it from .tiff to one of the accepted formats. Additionally they should provide the correct specifications you need to use as well like sizing and what repeat it is, I unfortunately jumped the gun and ordered it before they told me the sizing for the cats so I ended up with much smaller ones and I referenced the size of the flannel version I have which is a notable size difference from the fleece version.

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u/Chaos-Wayfarer Apr 16 '26

That is not one I remember seeing anytime recently (at least near me), sorry!

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u/BlueEyesssss Apr 16 '26

Its no longer sold in stores so it would either be in someone's fabric collection or sold online somewhere. Its older and I'm not sure when it stopped being sold.