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11-15-2014, 06:11 PM

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NikkiLu

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Do you think they were the very old ones - or the newer, reproduction feed sacks that were made about the late 70's or 80's ????? The colors just look very bright to me compared to some of the old ones in the quilts that I have here.

11-15-2014, 06:12 PM

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sewbizgirl

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What a blessing! I don't think I'd have the courage to cut them.

11-15-2014, 06:14 PM

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carolstickelmaier

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I grew up with feed sacks and do not remember plain colored ones. Especially like the purple one. Do you know what area of the country they came from?

11-15-2014, 06:32 PM

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These are for sale at estate auctions sometimes; e-Bay etc. I love them & have some solid color ones.

11-15-2014, 06:54 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by NikkiLu

No I do not think they are reproductions. Several still have the homes where the sacks were sewn together and the fabric seems a little coarse.

11-15-2014, 06:56 PM

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Originally Posted by carolstickelmaier

I grew up with feed sacks and do not remember plain colored ones. Especially like the purple one. Do you know what area of the country they came from?

I don't know where they came from. My friend said her mother was the quilter and gave them to her to sell on eBay. Lucky me, I stopped her :P. I offered to make her a quilt in exchange for the rest of the fabric, then she said she'd just give them to me since quilting wasn't her thing.

11-15-2014, 07:12 PM

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Since you have so many of them and fabric to sew with it would be a concern, I would more than likely do a Turning 20. What you use on the back could be anything. The old flour sack fabric I have seen is rather heavy, so I could be a chore to do a Dresden Plate. What size do they measure? It would seem that there is about a yard of each fabric.

11-15-2014, 07:38 PM

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Log Cabin Rail Fence Ohio Star.

11-15-2014, 07:38 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Misty's Mom

No I do not think they are reproductions. Several still have the homes where the sacks were sewn together and the fabric seems a little coarse.

In the late 70's and early 80's we had chickens and my husband would bring home the chicken feed in the cloth feed sacks. They would be sewn together and when they were empty I would sit outside and take out the stitching and shake them out vigorously and then wash them. I still have some and the stitching holes are still in them. I assume that the prints were reproductions of the older ones. The fabric on mine are coarse also.