Quilting and Patchwork

Memories of Feed Sack Quilts

by Mary Emma Allen on July 13th, 2008

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 As I read Kelly’s blog about the Old Feed Sack Quilt she found at a thrift shop in Nevada, I was transported back to my childhood when I made quilts with my grandmother from old feed sacks.  These sacks once contained feed for the chickens my aunt and grandmother raised.

We also used these feed sacks for making clothing.  I still have a draw string skirt I made as a 4-H project when I was 7-years old.  I also remember making a feed sack apron before I did the skirt. 

After Kelly found her quilt she began to research the fabrics.  Some may have been from feed sacks, others from sugar and flour sacks.  However, I recognized some as similar to shirts my brothers wore during that same era of the 1940s and 1950s.

Kelly has some very interesting photos, including close-ups of blocks, posted on her blog.  Do you see anything you recognize there as fabric you might be familiar with?

What fun to research the old quilts.  Thank you, Kelly, for stirring up my memories.

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(c)2008 Mary Emma Allen

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