It's nice to remember all those fine stores and their beautiful fabrics. what I remember best is my Mom treasuring every little piece of fabric she had. Do any of you remember your mother buying flour, sugar, beans, rice etc. in those big 25lb. sacks? Some of those sacks were made of real strong cotton. My mother couldn't let those sacks go to waste. She would pull them apart, wash them and collect four or five of the same pattern. She would make us the most beautiful ruffled dresses. We were three girls so every four months one of us girls would wear a new dress. That's how long it would take her to collect four sacks of the same pattern. I guess this could be another topic.