The Good Old Days - Remembering Old Fabric Shops
06-26-2011, 04:09 AM
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Originally Posted by ptquilts
We had a store called Adrian's in the town where I grew up in Mass. All kinds of fabrics. I also remember getting fabric at Zayre's (like a K-mart).
When I was in college there was a fabric store that was all overstock, etc. It was a mess but if you could find what you wanted the price was right. They specialized in seconds of Vera fabric and linens (the ones with the big flowers). This was back in the 1970's.
When I was in college there was a fabric store that was all overstock, etc. It was a mess but if you could find what you wanted the price was right. They specialized in seconds of Vera fabric and linens (the ones with the big flowers). This was back in the 1970's.
My Mom use to work at Keys - Kings- Mammoth Mart and when they would discountinue patterns just just sent the outer envelopes back and then we could have the pattern for free.
06-26-2011, 04:19 AM
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We must be of the same generation......as I was talking about that meter just the other day.
I do remember going with my Mother when she purchased her fabric in a department store called Nevius Voorhees. The had, along with clothes, a material section and I so remember the meter....
and also recall the tubes that one could see taking off and then hear them returning with our change.....
that was before the PLASTIC DAYS !!!!!!!!!!!
I do remember going with my Mother when she purchased her fabric in a department store called Nevius Voorhees. The had, along with clothes, a material section and I so remember the meter....
and also recall the tubes that one could see taking off and then hear them returning with our change.....
that was before the PLASTIC DAYS !!!!!!!!!!!
06-26-2011, 04:32 AM
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I worked at J.L. Hudsons--now Macey's and remember that meter. You are right they couldn't be used with knits, and were put to pasture when knits became so popular--early 60's. What I remember the most is the fabric section of the store being tucked into a back corner of the store. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
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06-26-2011, 05:26 AM
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When I was 18 ( am 63 now) I worked in a department store... the fabric department... I was supposed to be saving money for college tuition but alas I spent it all on fabric to make clothes for college (my poor parents). Anyway, yes, I used one of those thing-a-ma-jigs to count fabric yardage...push the lever forward to make a beginning cut in order to cut/tear the fabric from the bolt.
06-26-2011, 05:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Shelbie
In Canada we had a lot of smalltown department stores (Chainways 5 and 10 and Stedmans). They always had bolts of fabric in the back corner or upstairs. It mostly consisted of plain broadcloth in every colour, some prints, gingham in several colours, flanelette (for diapers and receiving blankets) tea towelling and denim. If I wanted a larger choice, I could drive a little over an hour away to a larger town that had some mills that made woolens and towelling (Galt, Hespler and Preston Ontario). I spent all of my babysitting money on fabric and it was less than $1 a yard.
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