With both a heavy heart and excitement for the future I am announcing my retirement from MeinkeToy Fiber Art Supplies.

It is said that all good things must come to an end, and that rings true in fiber arts too. I am retiring from this business and will be closing in the near future. The reason is simple, I want to do something different from shipping art supplies out of my home. I’m not sure exactly what that is yet, but I’m sure to find out sooner or later. One thing I do know, I will miss my fabulous customers!

I’m sure there will be many questions, let me answer some in advance.

What will be your last day? I don’t know yet. I wanted to give some warning in case customers wanted to order things they may have a hard time finding after we close. As the closing day comes closer, I will post it.

Will you mark everything down? We’ll see how it goes. Most items are already marked down substantially in our FINAL CLEARANCE. I will be adding things to the clearance frequently, sometimes daily. Be aware that quantities are limited, there are no backorders.

Will you get any additional inventory in before you close? No, but like always, I have a few items that either got lost off the site or never got entered for some reason, and they may be entered as new items. If you want the really popular items like chiffon scarves, TissuTex, Evolon and the new heat distressables I would suggest not waiting too long to order.

Why not sell the business? I’m not into difficult bookkeeping and business valuations and can’t fathom doing all that. It makes my mind spin! I may consider selling the domain though.

How do I place orders? For now, the same as always. Use the shopping cart, pay with a credit card or PayPal. But we can no longer accept checks (we only had maybe two a year, lol). We do accept PopMoney also.

What about returns? As with all the going-out-of-business sales I’ve seen, we are now all sales final, no returns.