From: "Bobbie Erdmann" <bobbiee@centurytel.net> Subject: RE: grain sacks made into ???? Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2020 11:46:28 -0600 Message-ID: <BDDF74A25910435FAAECCC6E9122A31B@ErdmannHP>
Wow! these are beautiful. I know that any "free" materials were used by the
frugal housewife to
make linens, children's clothing (including breeches) aprons and quilts.
Bobbie Erdmann
Berlin Area Historical Society.
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[mailto:localhistory-request@listserve.uwec.edu] On Behalf Of Mary Dibble
Sent: Monday, November 16, 2020 4:10 PM
To: localhistory@listserve.uwec.edu
Subject: grain sacks made into ????
Good afternoon
I am attaching a photo of one of three similar items we found in a box in
our attic eaves marked "grain sack linen". This one is 38 inches long and
about 14 and a half inches wide. All three have different designs but are
pretty close in dimensions. They are like really long slender pillow shams.
I'm assuming a frugal housewife washed the grain sacks, cut out the printed
company name, and then tatted them into something special. Does anyone see
something else here?
And can anyone identify what they would have been used for and what they
would have been filled with? Does anyone have a name for them?
Thanks
Mary Dibble
New Glarus Historical Society