Flour sacks
08-23-2011, 09:19 AM
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Here are a rabbit chow bag and a seed bag. Because the colors are badly faded I decided to embroider over the patterns. The housewife would ordinarily remove the printing so the bags could be put to other uses.
Work in progress.
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This is my first embroidered sack. Half of the pattern is faded away but I loved the mother rabbit and her bunnies.
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08-23-2011, 10:21 AM
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I'm wondering if you are talking about the "flour sack" towels that we can still buy, which are white, or are you talking about the feed sacks made with printed cotton fabric from years ago? I haven't seen anyone use the flour sack toweling for quilts. Has anyone used them for quilting? They have a bit of texturing to them - at least all those I've seen do.
08-23-2011, 10:25 AM
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Originally Posted by greaterexp
I'm wondering if you are talking about the "flour sack" towels that we can still buy, which are white, or are you talking about the feed sacks made with printed cotton fabric from years ago? I haven't seen anyone use the flour sack toweling for quilts. Has anyone used them for quilting? They have a bit of texturing to them - at least all those I've seen do.
08-23-2011, 10:37 AM
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Originally Posted by Greenheron
Printed sack pictures: Two of these are still stitched on the bottom and side.
08-23-2011, 11:18 AM
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Originally Posted by Quilt Mom
A little research into flour sacks will also show that the sacks originally used were printed. In the depression, companies sold goods (flour, sugar, animal feed, etc.) in fabric sacks. As added incentive to buy, the companies used fabrics that the housewife/mother would use for clothing, curtains, quilts. It is quite interesting to see the variety of items made from the old sacks. A friend of my mother's told of wearing underclothing that still had the brand name of the sugar company on it.
As to current flour sacks, there are still companies that use the fabric. We pay a premium for it here, to get flour in fabric. I have not used the flour sack (towels?) from Sam's. Let us know how it works.
As to current flour sacks, there are still companies that use the fabric. We pay a premium for it here, to get flour in fabric. I have not used the flour sack (towels?) from Sam's. Let us know how it works.
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