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.