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    Old 08-06-2011, 05:27 PM
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    No sure what year, but they are pretty.
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    Old 08-06-2011, 05:35 PM
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    Think these are feed sack material.I think I had several dresses made out of those patterns.
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    Old 08-06-2011, 05:44 PM
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    Originally Posted by thepolyparrot
    I think the blocks are from the 30's/40's, too. That or they're very good reproductions. :) What a lovely little group!

    My grandmother had a similar quilt - the butterflies outlined with a black blanket stitch. So charming! :)
    I have a quilt that I watched my great-aunt embroider in early 40's, on sugar sacking. Material could have been in the box since 30's. since nop scrap could be thrown away in the Great Depression--or ever after!! :lol: :lol:
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    Old 08-06-2011, 06:45 PM
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    very pretty blocks.
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    Old 08-06-2011, 07:18 PM
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    I'm sure mine and therefore probably yours are the original fabrics. I bought mine from a next-door neighbor's estate sale.
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    Old 08-06-2011, 07:58 PM
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    Originally Posted by erstan947
    My guess would be '30's - '40's. Great find:)
    totally agree and I am a student of that era!
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    Old 08-07-2011, 07:33 AM
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    When I was very young my father, a farmer, would buy grain/feed that came in bags. Each bag stacked in the back flooring of the grain store were made of printed cloth. Much rougher than todays fabrics. They were feed sacks or bags and my sister who was in high school at the time making all her own clothes would tease to go with him so she could pick out bags that would be future blouses and skirts or dresses. She knew exactly how many it would take for each garment. So after empting each bag, my mother would unsew the seams which were on 3 sides and then wash the bags. That was in the late 40's early 50's and those prints you show are very much like the bags he bought. Those years were hard and that is why neither my sister or I do not purchase any reproduction prints. We are not even tempted to go anywhere near them in the fabric stores.
    My father also purchased seeds (wheat and corn) in smaller cloth bags. Now those are every course and were used for backing for quilts after much bleaching to get the printing off. Didn't always work so one of the quilts my grandmother had made has the face of Abraham Lincoln and another has a rooster. Not sure what a presidents face was doing on seed sacks back then but it's very clearly printed.
    I'm thinking those prints are from the late 40's.
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    Old 08-07-2011, 11:42 AM
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    have no clue the year but the butterflies are delightful!
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    Old 08-07-2011, 01:24 PM
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    No. But they are real nice. Can't wait to see what you do with them.
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    Old 08-08-2011, 08:47 AM
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    Beautiful butterflies ! likely from the 1930's to 40's. Some could be feedsacks, if they are a coarser-woven fabric, they are often feedsacks. I have Grandmothers Fan blocks and some Daisy blocks from the 30's with similar prints. Much of the applique done in that era often has the black floss outlining :)
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