fabric measure tool
 

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I had posted this in a thread, but realized a lot of young quilters may never have seen one.
Fabric is run through the groove when it comes off of the bolt and the hands on the front measure the yards. A friend is trying to restore it. If it happens, I'll send after pictures. I have no idea of the proper name for it. The reset button on the rear started a great zip noise as the hands went back to place.

I remember those!! As I recall it also made a nip/cut on the fabric. The clerk would then use this cut as the starting point to rip the yardage for sale.

I love antique tools! My nephew deals in antiques. I'll have to ask him if he ever runs into these things.

I've seen updated ones being used with upholstery and drapery fabric. They set it up so it will roll from one tube to another, and then turn the crank until they've got the requested yardage rolled. And those ones do have the snipping function so they can then advance it and cut.

I remember.

A drapery fabric and upholstery shop in Mesa AZ uses these, they must be still made as their measurer thingies look reasonably new. Invaluable when you are measuring out yardage on 54" wide rolls of fabric. The fabric rolls out electrically from tube to tube as mentioned above..

JoAnn's has something to measure large bolts of fabric. so the way to do it is still going on. I don't remember what it looked like though.

I remember those. I also remember the pneumatic tubes that ran back and forth in the department stores carrying cash. And I remember buying beautiful fabric for 79 cents per yard. Too bad I didn't know to stockpile it back then...

I remember those. I actually used one when I was just out of high school and working for a dept store. Remember when dept stores carried fabrics sometimes called "yard goods"? (or was that just my mother that called them "yard goods"?)

I remember the tubes to send Money back and forth but do not remember the other thingy!