Feed sack quilts patterns

1930s reproduction prints give this bed-size quilt pattern a farmhouse vintage look! Use it on your bed or as a throw quilt!

A blog about feedsacks, vintage fabric, quilts, patterns and more.

On Saturday, The Husband and I got out early to be among the first ones at the Big Flea Market at the Expo Center here in Fredericksburg. This show has 300 dealers (according to the advertisement) with a great assortment of things to see. Even though our house is full and we have just about everything we want, we still go to shows like this to look and learn and see what prices things are bringing these days. Every once in a while, I find something that I have to have. As we were going…

Hi Everyone! As you probably know, I'm still selling feedsacks and rickrack like a mad woman! And I remembered that I'd talk to you a bit ab...

Learn all about vintage and antique colorfully printed feed sack fabric, including its history, values, and where to sell it.

adventures with alice by Darlene Zimmerman (Kaufman)

Good morning to you!!! My 4-H friend from years ago made a layer cake out of some of her fabrics and challenged me to make something. This is how I am using her fabrics. It seems like 1930's to me, so I am adding my 1930's prints to the mix. It seems old fashioned and just soft and lovely to me. I got a bug to make some blue blocks, and so I did. These are 12 inches finished, so large ones for me. I have taken this project out of the quilt vault (closet) and have actually added another row…

What were the visuals of vintage quilt patterns? See this post and discover the beauty of nostalgic quilt patterns from the 1920s and 1930s.

When I first started writing about feed sacks, I had a tiny stack of 12 of them and promised myself I wouldn’t get more. As a fellow fabric lover, I’m sure you know how well that went. Though my interest initially was about the culture and economics of the feed sack era, it wasn’t long before I was sucked in by the colors and tens of thousands of different patterns. What was once a tiny pile in my sewing room has grown to fill six shelves. And there’s no end in sight.