How old is this.......
#12
Here is a picture ( I hope ) of the fabric. The middle one, purple, is the one with the price tag of 28 cents but the three of them have all the same texture. No smell, even while ironing them but they feel kind of stiff and grainy - not like cotton's today. Perhaps they starched them prior to bolting and selling?
#14
They are "old" prints but I like them. Are they 36 inches wide or 45"? If they are 45", the stiffness could come from "permanant press" treatment they used on the cottons in the 60's and 70's but if they are 36 inches wide, they are older probably older than that.
#19
Originally Posted by maryb119
They are "old" prints but I like them. Are they 36 inches wide or 45"? If they are 45", the stiffness could come from "permanant press" treatment they used on the cottons in the 60's and 70's but if they are 36 inches wide, they are older probably older than that.
#20
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I bought fabric from Penneys about 55 years ago. It was regularly priced at about .30 a yard and on sale it was four yards for a dollar. I could get a dress for each of my two oldest girls out of four yards when they were small. They liked to dress alike and being three years apart it was hard to find purchased dressed alike. The dresses I made wore well, but of course had to be ironed. Years later some of the scraps from the dressed showed up in quilts I made.
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