Lucky you....those are gorgeous!!!!! I agree with the bow tie quilt or some other vintage 30's pattern.

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Beautiful whether from the 50 or 70/80s. Nice.

I have some feedsacks put away. Haven't been able to decide on a pattern yet. Will watch this for ideas.

Misty's Mom - would love to hear what pattern you decide on.

My first thought was Dresden, then I thought of Sunbonnet Sue. And don't forget to make yourself an apron out of at least one of them.

The Farmers Wife would look lovely.

Why all the fuss over a paper bag which flour goes in? I can find no history of fabric bags for flour .....

If I remember correctly, 25# bags of flour came in fabric bags as well as sugar. It seems recently I've seen 25# sugar in pillow cases - just sewed across the top and down one side.

In Little Rock, we still had a feed and seed company that sold still in the 60's, 70''s and maybe 80's with material from the same time periods. As a retired antique dealer I can say I have handled feed/seed/flour/sugar sacks some with original paper brand labels that were obviously 60's or 70's and possibly 80's.
I was born 1934 the third of four girls in the middle of the depression/dust storm years.....we would tell/show Dad what feed sacks we wanted when he was to go buy feed in a rural western Kansas town so there might be enough for a dress. Each of us would pick out a print we liked and request how much we needed.
Learned to make tea towels with the cream colored ones. How I hated to make those tiny hems, Mom was so particular, not to mention my older sisters laughs at my early efforts.
I can remember yard goods being 25 cents a yard...

I have the cuttings from KCStar and Huthinson Herald, & Farm Journal plus more Mom kept in a scrapbook. Mostly from the 30's and 40's. Shoo Fly, Churn Dash, easy ones, then clam shell, Clay's Choice plus Joseph's Coat many more.. lots of these were hand pieced. Some of the old Dresden plate pattern were offered as precuts (kits) in farm periodicals in the 30's and 40's. Your choice of pattern is wide to choose from as this was a time when quilting filled a huge need. Just google free quilt patterns and you will get sites that may even include what year they were popular

I was reminded of Eleanore Burns and her egg money quilt http://www.quiltinaday.com/television/dscr2700.asp

Dotty - you might be interested in this little snippet http://www.collectorsweekly.com/rugs...eedsack-fabric I don't recall seeing them back in UK - we probably did manufacture them but just not as decorative perhaps?.....found another article https://blog.etsy.com/en/2011/feed-s...abric-history/

I agree 100%.

Gorgeous- what a blessing for you to have!! I am 47 years old and would haver never known such a thing existed. I have heard of flour sacks, but I thought they were all beige/ brown fabric.

When I was young you could always tell if you had a flour sack dress if it wasn't all the same material. Like a pinafore would have the body out of one material, the shoulder ruffles and bottom ruffle out of another.

How beautiful, I would do churndash, or spools,or butterfly's. It is yours to do as you please,you can also do something that would remind you of the person whom gave it to you, or her mother who ws the quilter. Good luck, and post a picture when done so we can see please.