The Good Old Days - Remembering Old Fabric Shops
06-26-2011, 10:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Anna.425
Alberta Chandler at A Stitch in Time taught me how to sew when I was 5. It was the original kids summer program and terrific fun. Remember kettle cloth. We made printed kettle cloth skirts, they might have even been called dirndl skirts. It was years before I realized the effect she actually had on my life. Alberta treated us like we could do anything if someone just taught us how and she gave us every opportunity. That is the kind of 1st grade teacher I became and it was wonderful.
06-26-2011, 10:41 PM
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Originally Posted by GrannieAnnie
Originally Posted by VickyS
Woolworth's and the 5 & Dime were the places I got the fabric for my 4-H sewing projects using those machines. Trying to find the "new" 45" material - so the clothing patterns had different yardage layouts for 36" and 45" material.
I remember the move it an inch forward and back, depending on whether the previous rip put the fabric way out of a straight line - the cheaper materials were not always woven evenly so they didn't tear straight. Then you would get home and have to straighten out the tears by pulling a thread and cutting along the pulled thread line. So much work!
I remember the move it an inch forward and back, depending on whether the previous rip put the fabric way out of a straight line - the cheaper materials were not always woven evenly so they didn't tear straight. Then you would get home and have to straighten out the tears by pulling a thread and cutting along the pulled thread line. So much work!
But, if you pull a thread and cut along it, the fabric is not distorted along the edges of the cut like it is when it is pulled when the fabric is torn and the threads along the torn edges ravel a little bit.
06-27-2011, 02:09 AM
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What a great discussion thread .. my memory is a bit fuzzy but I remember shopping at Hertel's in Pasadena, CA back in the 50s and I think that is where I first purchased fabric. Could have been a fabric store next door to them but don't recall the name of it.
06-27-2011, 03:38 AM
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Yes! Mezzanine! Thank you! That’s the term I was looking for.
I wonder if the mezzanine was a sort of trade mark of JC Penney Stores?
CD in Oklahoma[/quote]
Mezzanine is not a JC Penney thing - just a term for what it was - kind of a partial floor that ran all around and you could look over the edge onto the first floor. I loved them as a child - haven't seen one in a long time. The Bon Ton department store in York, PA had one - a lunch room was on it plus other things I can't remember. Building is still there but is now an office building of some sort.
Sandy in Mooresville, NC
I wonder if the mezzanine was a sort of trade mark of JC Penney Stores?
CD in Oklahoma[/quote]
Mezzanine is not a JC Penney thing - just a term for what it was - kind of a partial floor that ran all around and you could look over the edge onto the first floor. I loved them as a child - haven't seen one in a long time. The Bon Ton department store in York, PA had one - a lunch room was on it plus other things I can't remember. Building is still there but is now an office building of some sort.
Sandy in Mooresville, NC
06-27-2011, 08:39 AM
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I don’t know if any of my meters work correctly or not. We haven’t planned on ever using them again, so I never have tried them.
As far as getting one calibrated for accuracy, I wouldn’t have a clue who might still do that. Which makes me wonder...
Who was responsible for making sure that they measured correctly? Were there inspectors that went around checking the meters for accuracy? I don’t see any stickers on my meter that would indicate that it had been checked by an Official. Surely they didn’t depend on irate customers to let them know that their meter was out of whack!
CD in Oklahoma
As far as getting one calibrated for accuracy, I wouldn’t have a clue who might still do that. Which makes me wonder...
Who was responsible for making sure that they measured correctly? Were there inspectors that went around checking the meters for accuracy? I don’t see any stickers on my meter that would indicate that it had been checked by an Official. Surely they didn’t depend on irate customers to let them know that their meter was out of whack!
CD in Oklahoma
06-27-2011, 09:36 AM
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Originally Posted by ThayerRags
I don’t know if any of my meters work correctly or not. We haven’t planned on ever using them again, so I never have tried them.
As far as getting one calibrated for accuracy, I wouldn’t have a clue who might still do that. Which makes me wonder...
Who was responsible for making sure that they measured correctly? Were there inspectors that went around checking the meters for accuracy? I don’t see any stickers on my meter that would indicate that it had been checked by an Official. Surely they didn’t depend on irate customers to let them know that their meter was out of whack!
CD in Oklahoma
As far as getting one calibrated for accuracy, I wouldn’t have a clue who might still do that. Which makes me wonder...
Who was responsible for making sure that they measured correctly? Were there inspectors that went around checking the meters for accuracy? I don’t see any stickers on my meter that would indicate that it had been checked by an Official. Surely they didn’t depend on irate customers to let them know that their meter was out of whack!
CD in Oklahoma
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