Originally Posted by
Scissor Queen
Not if your grandmother had any sense. Back then when clothes were worn out they were really worn out. People did not have the amount of clothes they do now and they wore them a lot longer than people do now. By the time they were worn out had already been worn by every kid in the family and repaired numerous times and maybe even made over a time or two. By the time the last kid was done they were nearly rags. They tore them in strips and used them for mops or dust rags or cleaning rags in general.
Quilts were made from the SCRAPS from MAKING clothes!!! Most people made clothes back then and would have lots of scraps leftover.
Richer women that had purchased clothes would even buy special fabrics specifically for making quilts.
Yes, my mom's family used scraps from making clothes BUT they never wore dresses until they were RAGS and even when a dress/shirt is worn in some places, there are still some places good enough to use for quilts. Maybe our family needed quilts for warmth more than others. I even have an old quilt that was obviously one covered over another. It has a hole in it and burlap (toe sack) is showing through.