Midweek: I have a notion!

I went to a church rummage sale recently and bought two ziploc bags of rick rack, bias tape, and seam tape for $2 per bag.

I sorted the all-cotton from the synthetic. 

Remember when stretchy lace seam binding/hem tape came out?  And iron-on hem tape? (Fusibles have come a long way since the late 1960's.)

There were many unopened packages in the lot. 

These are Coats & Clark.

Several generations of Wright's.   Did you ever send in three labels and .10 to get "a generous package of trimmings suitable for doll's clothes"?  

Winsome Lady is brand I hadn't seen.  

 

Boiltex was made in Aurora, Illinois.  The company was Creed & Stewart. 

Some of the Trimtex is marked Milford, CT., and some Williamsport, PA. 

J. C. Penney store brand.   There were no Penney's stores in Chicagoland when I was growing up, but both the stores in Brenham, TX, and Pittsburg, KS, had dry goods departments in the late 70's/early80's.

I don't know Nynco, Warren's, or Just Rite but of course Fruit of the Loom is familiar. 

Tidy Trim from the Williamsport Narrow Fabric Co.  (Similar to TrimTex?) 

Two years ago when I made masks (remember that frenzy?) I used up all the packaged bias tape I had collected.  

I still have a lot of vintage trim left and my latest acquisitions are right at home.

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