JC Penney sold fabric?
#341
I was raised in a small town and our JC Penneys had fabric at least until I left home, but that was in 1972. Yes, 40 years ago (argh)! It was at one time the only place in town that sold fabric, that I remember anyway.
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Back when I was a child in the 50s/60s -- almost every store sold fabric. Sears, Penney's, TG&Y, Woolworth's, Kress's, Ben Franklin ... They had the big cutting tables with the measuring machine the fabric ran through. When the gauge showed the length of fabric you wanted they pushed a blade foward that put a slice in the fabric and then they hand-ripped that baby! I can still remember the zip sound of the fabric as it ripped apart. Those were the days, my friend.
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Oh, and one cool thing. The Penney's cutting table had one of those measuring machines. The clerk would pull the fabric through the machine and it would measure as it went. When the meter reached whatever yardage you wanted, the clerk would press a little lever and the machine would "nick" the fabric edge. Then the clerk would cut or tear across the fabric from the point of that little cut. Wish stores still had those today.
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Check out Bonnie Hunter's quips and quotes. http://quiltville.blogspot.com/searc...+river+gingham
I wonder if you have gotten a piece of Dan River Gingham.
I wonder if you have gotten a piece of Dan River Gingham.
#348
Thank you posting that link to Bonnie Hunter's article - that was very interesting! I didn't see anything in those quilts that looked exactly like my piece, but I doubt there's any way to know for sure. Love that stuff.
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