Originally Posted by
Daylesewblessed
I think it is really tough to tell for sure that a fabric is from a feedsack if you cannot see the holes. However, there ar resource books with many pictures of prints used at the time in feedsacking. Although by no means are the samples exhaustive of the many prints made at the time, the research is fun!
i agree with you daylesewblessed. i started collecting feedsack fabric because i was finding boxes of it at estate auctions for .50 cents or dollar or so per small box. i loved the colors. so started looking for them. over the years i have accumulated a LOT. the holes in the fabric are the best way, even if partial sack. i have many that still have the stitching. some scraps if not sure, i look in my collection and match print and texture. but usually the new reproduction "feed sack" fabric is not the right texture. they were stitched w string, ergo, large stitch holes. i also have many also, that are a fine weave & much smaller than usual. then found a few that were fine weave but instead of floral prints, they were the plain w printing. they were for "super fine sugar". while living in pennsylvania, my son and i went to an "estate sale". met the most delightfull elderly woman, who was selling her life long treasures. it was her "estate" & she was downsizing
). we perused her offerings, asking questions about this or that. i found some pillow cases w border prints. the floral designs i recognised and mentioned i had some feed sacks w this pattern. she told me that the pillow cases were feedsacks. she told me that the feed companies had towards the end, started making several different items to attract the thrifty house wife's interest. so there are several sizes of feed sacks to look for, as well as texture. and there is no printed selvedge.