From: Renee Tantala <historylynx@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2020 13:47:04 -0600 Message-ID: <CAKE2NwDqD8UwSASZfU-u_g=0ZXotFXeLt0UNq1UKKwrZ9i5fEQ@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: grain sacks made into ????
My mother made everyday dresses from printed feed bags: she called these
"two baggers."
On Wed, Nov 18, 2020 at 11:48 AM Bobbie Erdmann <bobbiee@centurytel.net>
wrote:
> Wow! these are beautiful. I know that any “free” material
s were used by
> the frugal housewife to
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> make linens, children’s clothing (including breeches) aprons and
quilts.
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> Bobbie Erdmann
>
> Berlin Area Historical Society.
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> *From:* localhistory-request@listserve.uwec.edu [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 ????
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> Good afternoon
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> 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 an
d
> about 14 and a half inches wide. All three have different designs but ar
e
> pretty close in dimensions. They are like really long slender pillow sha
ms.
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> 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?
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> 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?
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> Thanks
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> Mary Dibble
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> New Glarus Historical Society
>