Originally Posted by quilting librarian
Originally Posted by Cathie_R
I doubt if the holes would disapear. Are there selvages? If they are 35" wide they are probaby fabric yardages of the same era. Nice find. In antique stores the feedsacks sell for a lot more than you gave for them.
I looked at the four in question for selvages (don't see any but would I know what selvages on fabric that old looks like?) and on two of them I can almost see and definitely feel where the holes are. The other two I can't. One does have a piece of a label caught in the frayed edges - it has white background and pieces of two large black letters.
Sounds like they are probably feed sack. Especially if the fabric is coursely woven like the others.