2007-10-08 14:08:44 · 4 answers · asked by QltnBear 2 in Games & Recreation ➔ Hobbies & Crafts
I have been buying cotton fabric for 40 years at 45 inches wide. Most fabric comes in 36, 45, 58/60 inches wide.
2007-10-08 14:39:55 · answer #1 · answered by ladybugjan 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'm with ladybugs.
Fabrics been mostly 45 inches wide for as long as I can remember.
But I've seen old patterns with yardage for 36 inch wide.
There were restrictions on wasting fabric during WWII. So I image after that things changed, plus machinery improved so making wider fabric was easier.
My 82 year old mother who's sewed for years agrees with me.
2007-10-08 16:40:39 · answer #2 · answered by chieromancer 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It has always depended on where you purchased it and how much you were willing to spend on the wider width. How long have you been using bolt fabric?
2007-10-08 14:11:40 · answer #3 · answered by soundproof 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When the rest of the world went metric.
Do you know the 3 backward countries which didn't?
USA, Liberia, & Mayanmar (Burma).
2007-10-08 14:13:30 · answer #4 · answered by Robert S 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋