Originally Posted by ThreadHead

I remember in 1954 we used a machine to slide the fabric through, the dial would reach the 2 yards we wanted, and you pushed a button and it would cut a slit in the fabric, take it out of the machine and tear the fabric the rest of the way.
Price of fabric too.
20 to 25 cents a yard.
In the late eightys it was 1.98 to 2.98. Now the same fabric it 5.98 to 10.98 depending on the store.