Flour sacks
#61
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Edgefield,SC
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I grew up on a chicken farm. Mama made our clothes from the feedsacks. I wore feedsack "drawers' till I started school. Mama's aunt bought me & my sister store bought panties.My brother got store bought underwear too.I found an old quilt top made with feedsacks & washed feedsacks for the back, at a yard sale.Sun bonnet Sue pattern.
#62
Originally Posted by dphelps
Here is a quilt that I need to restore and I am hoping that flour sacks are suitable.
I think that quilt is absolutely beautiful.
#67
Originally Posted by Campbell34
When my Aunt was a girl way back in the 20's she died her hair with coffee and tea, :?
#68
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Posts: 88
I mixed a home brew "suntan lotion" with instant tea one summer. It was the only summer I ever got a tan. LOL
The tea dyed my skin just enough to look like a natural tan. It didn't protect against sunburns.
You might use some of the reproduction prints in that dresdan plate you are working on. I like the antique green. I think Keepsake Quilting has some of the reproduction prints and some solids. Post a photo when you get it finished.
The tea dyed my skin just enough to look like a natural tan. It didn't protect against sunburns.
You might use some of the reproduction prints in that dresdan plate you are working on. I like the antique green. I think Keepsake Quilting has some of the reproduction prints and some solids. Post a photo when you get it finished.
#69
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Floral City, Florida
Posts: 116
if you want a variety of colors and dying techniques go to ritdye,com - I happened on that site by accident and got so excited when I saw all info they had - have been making some of my own batiks
#70
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Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 1,265
Originally Posted by amma
After tea or coffee dyeing, I let them drip dry and then throw them in the dryer for about 30 minutes to set the "stain." Then wash and rinse them by hand to get out any excess tea/coffee :D:D:D
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