Originally Posted by sewbizgirl
Originally Posted by Omaquilts
Originally Posted by sewbizgirl
I miss the old fabric meters. They used those to run the fabric through and the needle on the dial showed how much fabric was being measured. When they got to the 'magic number', they pressed down and the meter put a big clip in the edge of the fabric, which they could then continue cutting all the way across. Unless they cut really crooked, you got what you paid for.
What ever happened to those things?
I asked about those at a local fabric store and they told me that some materials stretch too much for them to be accurate and the customers were being short-changed, so out the window they went.
That makes sense... but they could use them in quilting shops. Their fabrics don't stretch.
Or use them in JoAnns and other such fabric stores---for non stretch type fabrics. I for one do not purchase polar fleece and other stretchy fabrics (it's just too darn hot to use those types of fabrics here). So cottons, and home dec fabric would be perfect for using those meters.
Sibyl