That brings back some sweet memories! I can remember my Mom buying fabric from Penney's when I was little girl.

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?

......certainly takes me back a day or two.... :?

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.

Very pretty fabric! I can see why you bought them. :D Enjoy!

Very pretty fabric. I would say it is from the 50's for that price. The fabris tho looks like early 70's to me.

great fabric.......... I can see a vintage style quilt.

Those are so pretty.

They are 36 inches. And yes, I thought they were kind of sweet. I got a whole box for a buck so whatever was in there was going to be a treasure!

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.