Originally Posted by treeseek quilter
What did the women use back in the 1800s? I know my grandmother made a lot of quilts, but she is gone now and I am finally getting interested in making quilts, so I can't ask her.
My grandmother used flour and feed sacks for backings back then. They were not one solid piece of fabric but were 4 to 6 sections sewn together, depending on the size of the quilt.