Originally Posted by Dandish
I picked up some fabric at the thrift store today - a green gingham - that still had a JC Penney tag on it. It was apparently a remnant, 1-1/4 yards, with a price of 79 cents. I never knew Penney's had sold fabric - does anybody know when they stopped? I'd like to know if this is a true cotton gingham, too. I'd post a pic, but it's already in the washer. Perhaps later.
Wow ... a good memory, I remember going with my mom to the JC Penney store downtown when I was about 8 yrs old, they still had a small fabric dept. upstairs. This was back in the 60's ... Sears had fabrics then, Ben Franklin, Woolworth, Kresge & TG&Y stores did too. I would buy remnants there for my first sewing projects. I remember that fabric gauge too and how they pulled it through to measure yardage. :)