Originally Posted by grannypat7925
That is what our grandmothers and gr-grandmothers did. They did not have quilt shops and fabric shops back in those days and their main supply for quilts and comforters was the cast off clothing.
Yes, and I still have a quilt that my grandmother made for me somewhere around 1936 or 37. I'm sure it was from scraps and/or clothes. It is a string quilt and there are some very small strings in it. The back looks like feed sacks. I've been using some of my mom's old blouses and you can get more than a fat quarter out of most and a lot more out of some.