When buying fabric,what is the measurement used? On the site below you can just put in the quantity but it doesn't state if it's in feet,yards,meters etc.? It does say that it's 44' wide but not how long... Thanks! http://www.fabric.com/CategoryDetail.aspx?CategoryID=59a22db3-52be-4c1c-a54f-9a92a782d0a7&page=2
Must be yards. Look at the box at the upper left, it says they add an extra inch to every yard. Normally, fabric is sold by the yard in the U.S., but it could be something different, that's why I looked for an indication on the site.
I use to love going to the old fabric shops with my mom when I was little. They NEVER measured the fabric. They would pull it from the fabric roll to their chin while their head was turned to the side. They said that's how they measured a yard. I just thought it was the funniest looking thing!
My mother always measured fabric that way! The fabric store she usually went to did use a yardstick, they had one nailed to the counter, and they gave away free yardsticks. She always needed a new one every time she went, because she broke them on my bottom, and my brother and sisters' bottoms.
When I was a little kid I would always go to the wholesale leather store with my grand-uncle (he was a cobbler),I loved the smell in there!!
