Flour Sacks Update
11-15-2014, 08:50 PM
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Since you have so many of them and fabric to sew with it would be a concern, I would more than likely do a Turning 20. What you use on the back could be anything. The old flour sack fabric I have seen is rather heavy, so I could be a chore to do a Dresden Plate. What size do they measure? It would seem that there is about a yard of each fabric.
11-15-2014, 11:09 PM
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Thank you for sharing those as they brought back wonderful memories of my youth. When I was a little girl my Grandfather would let me go to the feed store with him where I got to pick out the sacks of feed he bought and my Mom would make me something to wear out of it. It always made me feel so special. I can't imagine kids of today wearing clothes made from a feed sack. LOL Not my kids or my grandkids anyway.
11-16-2014, 10:50 AM
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There you go-------feed sack cloth--------from real feed sacks----------are a very course weave. And the thread holes are the real thing! I'm guessing easily 50+ years old. The designs look like the designs I remember
11-16-2014, 11:15 AM
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how about Eleanor Burns' Hole in the Wall? That would allow you to feature each fabric, with a solid sashing to tie them all together.
http://www.quiltingboard.com/main-f1...n-t250649.html
(Great find, by the way!)
http://www.quiltingboard.com/main-f1...n-t250649.html
(Great find, by the way!)
11-16-2014, 11:48 AM
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I went to the Quilt Expo in Madison, WI in Sept and while there I listened to an appraiser. She said the only true way to determine that a feed sack was a feed sack was to see the holes. Fabric was sold off the bolt as well as just feed sacks according to the appraiser. I asked her how to show that on a quilt since I really didn't want needle holes in my quilt. She suggested we use the part with holes as an outline on our labels or make a small envelope on the quilt back and put some of those pieces with holes inside...I liked this idea best because if you ever had to do a repair you would have little fabric pieces to do so. I find feed sacks at estate sales if I am really lucky. Also, on Ebay and at antique shops. Since I prefer '30's quilts they are what I love to work with.
11-16-2014, 12:15 PM
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I also like the idea of using them with a traditional quilt pattern.
Churn Dash
Tumbling Blocks
Bow Ties
I would steer clear of patterns that require light/dark variance (log cabin & split 9 patch) as most of your fabrics fall into the medium range with not a lot in the light or dark.
Churn Dash
Tumbling Blocks
Bow Ties
I would steer clear of patterns that require light/dark variance (log cabin & split 9 patch) as most of your fabrics fall into the medium range with not a lot in the light or dark.
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