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Old 07-07-2012, 07:42 AM
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GrannieAnnie
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Originally Posted by DonnaJ View Post
Years ago, when I first started sewing, the JoAnn's store in town was in a small strip mall. I remember when I would bring the fabric to the cutting table, they had a machine that they would run the fabric edge thru to measure the amount to be purchased, instead of measuring it against a ruler on the cutting table. Does anyone remember these machines? Or what they were called? And why they stopped using them?? Just wondering......
I remember them from a ways back. I'd think fabric would stretch too much----------specially those that are stretchy. Never heard a name.
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