Originally Posted by
thegoatlady
Looks like some 40s-50s fabrics and perhaps some older to me...
My dear grandmother explained to me that the decorated sacks were woven according to what would be sold in them. Flour sacks were the finest fabric, then sugar, then grain, then feed sacks were the coarser fabrics. Baby clothes, aprons, and collars etc. were made from the finer fabrics, and coarser fabrics made warmer quilts. This was not hard and fast rules, just general use in her world. I love your quilt.