vitanola
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When I was sifting through the rubble of my burnt carriage house I found a box of feed sack calico that had been collected in the months preceeding our entry into the Second World War.
These fabrics are very colorful, verging on the garish. The patterns were quite up-to-the-minute, as this fabric was intended for immediate use as cheap housdresses, aprons, childrens clothing, or tea-towels.
The fabric was damp, but in good condition. I have laundered all sixty or so pieces.
A standard feed sack was made up of a yard of thirty inch cotton, and so more than a single sack was necessary to make anything but an apron or a single curtain panel. There are at least four pieces of each pattern, so there would be enough to be useful.
Is there any interest in these patterns? If so, I can photograph the fabrics and post the images in this thread.
Feed sacking was a very important textile in the Golden Era, at least in rurl districts, and was made and sold in immense quantities, but it was considered to be ephemeral, and so has generally not survived.
These fabrics are very colorful, verging on the garish. The patterns were quite up-to-the-minute, as this fabric was intended for immediate use as cheap housdresses, aprons, childrens clothing, or tea-towels.
The fabric was damp, but in good condition. I have laundered all sixty or so pieces.
A standard feed sack was made up of a yard of thirty inch cotton, and so more than a single sack was necessary to make anything but an apron or a single curtain panel. There are at least four pieces of each pattern, so there would be enough to be useful.
Is there any interest in these patterns? If so, I can photograph the fabrics and post the images in this thread.
Feed sacking was a very important textile in the Golden Era, at least in rurl districts, and was made and sold in immense quantities, but it was considered to be ephemeral, and so has generally not survived.
