Originally Posted by
Lori S
One reason the fabric was folded with the right side on the inside it to pretect it from fading. Even flouresent lights can fade fabric. In the "old" days all fabrics were folded this way, and to display they unwrap about 18 inches would flip the fabic over the bolt top, making a cascade over the top. It was a beautiful display fabric and you could feel the fabric and see the drape.
So correct. And correctly named as well. Years ago, I think most fabric stores draped their fabric. It looked nice, especially better dress fabric. But these days, most fabric stores cater mostly to quilters. So we don't drape them any more. Gosh, once in a while we would get in a bolt that was on the bolt with right side out (like you see it now) and we would have to take it off the bolt and refold it and put it back on the bolt. Things change.