Originally Posted by Scissor Queen
Almost all fabric used to be torn when you bought it. The stores had a measuring thing they pulled the fabric thru and when it was the amount you wanted they'd push on it and it would cut a notch and then the clerk would tear the fabric.
When I was 19 I worked in the fabric dept of a large Department Store and this was what we used to measure the fabric . Incidentally this is where I was the day John Kennedy was shot. We had a window in the back that looked out on the
Capitol bldg. in Lansing, Mi and we kept watching to see if the flag was lowered and sadly, eventually it was. Sorry about getting off the topic.