Currently my Joann still uses it but only for the upholstery. When i bought yardage for my curtains they took it to this other table were the machine was attached it.

Yes, I remember them being used at Penney's. And they usually started measuring after about a foot of fabric, just to make sure that you had enough!!

Ben Franklin had those, back in the day. I found they distorted the edges of my fabric. I always took it home and washed it to get the puckers out.

I remember. When they got the length they wanted, they pushed down on a button or lever and it would make a 1" (approx) cut in the fabric to show they where to start cutting.

I'm old enough to remember those machines and fabric at Sears, K-Mart (before they merged with Sears), J.J. Newberrys, Srpouse-Reitz, Ben Franklin, Cloth World, House of Fabrics, and on and on and on. Sigh!

You are dating us. I remember too.

Yes I to remember those machines-thought they were so neat, makes me feel old.

I remember them being used in a JC Penny store

That's where I remember them from. I always loved to go to the second floor and look and all the fabric even when I was a kid. I'll be 60 in October and I remember a lot of neat things we had back then.

If you buy decorative fabric, they still use that machine.