Finally Finished. Interesting history of the fabric.

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11-24-2014, 11:16 AM

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Taughtby Grandma

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What a wonderful suprise and treasure she will have! Good job!

11-24-2014, 12:09 PM

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leaha

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What a lovely surprise for your SIL, great quilt and finish

11-24-2014, 01:56 PM

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IrishgalfromNJ

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What a nice quilt to make for your SIL. Dresden plates are timeless and your quilt is beautiful.

11-24-2014, 02:25 PM

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Daleen

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What a great story. Your SIL will love the quilt.

11-24-2014, 07:03 PM

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ccthomas

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Love the sugar bags details. She is going to love this quilt and its history.

11-24-2014, 09:21 PM

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nana2

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Great quilt, great history. Having been born in 1940 and the only child in a household of adults I was always into the things adults were working on so I wanted to tell you I remember sugar bags in the 40s. Also flour came in nice white fabric bags. We used many flour sacks for dish cloths. In fact my mother had saved a lot of these sacks and as late as the late 80s and early 90s hemmed these and gave them to me. I am still using them for dish cloths and love them. Chicken feed came in printed fabric and I have had many a feed sack dress. Now I am finding "flour sack" dish cloths at Wal-Mart.

11-25-2014, 12:34 PM

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DeneK

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Thanks to everyone for the nice comments... This was not an easy project for me. As with everything we do I guess, I could do a better job now. Learned a lot but not eager to do another Dresden Plate anytime soon. I will post again after I deliver it and let you know what SIL says...