Jane was a mentor and friend. Jane began collecting feedsacks after a chance encounter with them at the home of a friend. Coming from an Appalachian area in West Virginia she became enamored with the history of these bags.  She became known as the “Mother of Feedsacks”. Studying feedsack history led to many adventures for […]

I found this photo, dated September 1999, of a quilt made by Jeannette Knauff of Hillsboro, Ohio. According to the documentation I found in the Feedsack Club archives it is made from feedsacks containing purple prints in a log cabin style design to achieve the butterflies.  The entire quilt is done in a quilt as […]

It was back in 2000 that I found the below picture in a magazine and I immediately ripped it out to save. I wish I could remember which magazine it came from so I could give them credit for the beautiful image. The picture I had found was of an applique quilt called Autumn Leaves. […]