Originally Posted by
raptureready
... during WWII people...would take Bull Durham bags...and use the small piece of fabric for the white in their quilts.
There was an antique quilt displayed in the Bed Turning event (all antique quilts) at our October 2011 Quilter’s Day that had been made entirely out of tobacco bags. The bags were hand-dyed green and pink and then pieced together. I didn’t catch the date that it was made. It’s a wonderful quilt.
CD in Oklahoma
Last edited by ThayerRags; 12-12-2011 at 06:03 AM.
Reason: Corrected the term "Bed Turning"