Does anyone remember?
#121
Great memory, DebraK! They WERE made by Measuregraph, and still are actually.
http://www.measuregraph.com/Product_...20Machines.htm
In fact, there's a compact one on eBay right now (current bid is only $18 - would be great for measuring a large stash).
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=measuregraph
http://www.measuregraph.com/Product_...20Machines.htm
In fact, there's a compact one on eBay right now (current bid is only $18 - would be great for measuring a large stash).
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=measuregraph
#122
I too remember them. My mom bought lots of fabric. I also remember them mashing down a lever & it cutting the fabric so they could tear it or have a mark to cut by. Too bad Walmart doesn't still use them when you have to get somebody from Sporting Goods to cut your fabric.lol
#123
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The one I remember was more a square box -- and yes it cut the fabric, then it was torn if it was cotton. Wool was cut with scissors. I remember being taught to order an extra 1/8 yd of cotton so I could trim the edges after the tear. When I was a girl, Mom and Grandma would only let me buy Penny's fabric for clothes -- they felt that all other cotton was too cheap (don't know what brand of fabric, just had to come from Penny's). I was taught to feel the fabric to judge quality , straighten fabric before I started to cut, match the patterns at the seams.
Those machines were great -- you could always be sure how much you got. Guess the newer fabrics did not like being torn -- so sad.
Those machines were great -- you could always be sure how much you got. Guess the newer fabrics did not like being torn -- so sad.
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I remember the machines too. I also loved seeing the fabric run through them and the little dial spinning around. One time I asked someone why they were no longer used. I was told that they did not measure the fabric accurately. I don't know if that's true. In this day and age when everything is machine driven I am surprised fabric stores are using scissors and cutters.
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