Take a look into the past.
Pictures, articles and musings of the people, places and things that increased my love of theses vintage fabrics. Feel free to comment below if you have memories of anything posted. I want this area to be interactive so everyone can relate to the history of feed sacks for all of us.
Jane Clark Staple – An Introduction
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 […]
Butterfly Block
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 […]
