This might be a good day to check in on the local sewers, quilters, crafters, cosplayers and DIY home decorators in your life. They may be in mourning after news that the Eureka Joann Fabrics is one of the chain’s roughly 500 locations slated for closing. 

Wednesday’s announcement from Joann Fabrics comes nearly a year after the retailer — which was founded in Cleveland in 1943 — declared bankruptcy, citing higher overseas shipping costs and declining consumer demand. 

The 500 Joann Fabric locations scheduled for closure represent more than half of company’s locations. In our region, the Eureka store’s fate is shared by stores in Redding, Chico, Klamath Falls and Grants Pass. The Medford location will be spared for now. 

Joann Fabrics has not given an exact date for when its stores will shutter.