I am getting ready to make a 1930's quilt and I am using a white on white flower patterned for the background. With all the flowers in the reproduction materials, I thought this would not be like really white but still maintain the basic concept. I have found great 1930's feed sack material and I am so lucky to have one of my grandmother's real feed sack quilt that she quilted with the string from the grocery that they tied up the bundles in paper and the batting is actual cotton balls from the fields of the farm in Bladenboro, N.C. I am 65 and my mother gave it to me this past spring with the strong admonition "DO NOT WASH IT!!! the thing may fall completely apart and cotton balls might just dissolve." Lots of memories in that quilt.
Last edited by QuiltingHaven; 08-07-2012 at 01:34 PM.