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quilterguy27
07-06-2010 11:40 AM
Originally Posted by Halo
I still get my flour in the flour sacks & when I have enough built up I plan on making a quilt out of nothing but the flour sacks. I make sure I get a different color pattern each time I buy my flour. I am getting close to having enough for a quilt.
You are very lucky to get a hold of the feeds sack fabric.
I didn't know they still put flour, sugar, etc. in these kinds of sacks in different colors with patterns. Where do you find them? I would love to make a quilt out of flour or sugar or chicken feed sacks. Have to find them first.
Betty Ruth
07-08-2010 05:51 PM
Originally Posted by Cathie_R
Originally Posted by Gal
Love your fabric finds, what is a feedsack please?
Gal
I am not sure when this started; I think 30's. Farm wives would buy chicken feed in these pretty cloth bags. When they had enough of one pattern they would make clothes, curtains, etc. from them. I'm sure a lot of people on this board wore clothes made from feed sacks and you see a lot of the fabric in vintage quilts. (If this is not correct someone will surely correct me).
No correction needed. You are right on. When I was small, I wore feedsack dresses and flour sack panties. When I grew older, I graduated to regular store bought panties, but I still wore feed sack dresses. Flour sacks were soft fabric that was more closely woven than feed sacks. Feed sacks were used for curtains, shirts and dresses. Flour sacks were used for dish towels, under clothes and diapers. I doubt that they made very good diapers, although they were soft, but at that time, people used what they had.
8gr8kids
07-13-2010 08:15 AM
Feed sacks were sewn with cord, not thread. The holes may be from the cord being removed to open the sacks. Lucky you.
JACRN
07-13-2010 06:18 PM
When i was a little girl i had many little 2piece shot sets made out of feedsacks. That was a long time ago as Iam 65 years old.
JACRN
07-13-2010 06:18 PM
When i was a little girl i had many little 2piece shot sets made out of feedsacks. That was a long time ago as Iam 65 years old.
