From: mthiel28@wi.rr.com Subject: Re: grain sacks made into ???? Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2020 09:24:40 -0600 Message-Id: <AE9FD411-3F7C-4DC9-A52D-E0F67DB9C0CE@wi.rr.com>
We didn’t have much money when I was growing up on a farm, so I made
a skirt out of feed sack material to take to the county fair as my 4-H proj
ect. I got a red ribbon on it, but the judge said that it was too bad that I
didn’t use nicer fabric. It hurt my feelings.
Marjie Thiel
Random Lake Area Historical Society
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> On Nov 18, 2020, at 2:28 PM, Shirley Mook <victorian201@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> Good Afternoon Mary,
>
> Yes, these are beautiful. I have never seen any like this before. Can't i
magine they were used for grains. The ones we have are
> sacks with the name of the four on them or a pretty print. They were used
for dish towels or children's clothing. When we did our Great Depression E
xhibit, I interviewed women who told me about the sacks and gave us some.
>
> I will ask around though.
>
> Shirley Mook
> Heritage Museum
> Marshfield
>
>> On Wed, Nov 18, 2020 at 11:28 AM Mary Dibble <mary.dibble.ng@gmail.com> w
rote:
>> 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 a
bout 14 and a half inches wide. All three have different designs but are pr
etty close in dimensions. They are like really long slender pillow shams.
>>
>> I'm assuming a frugal housewife washed the grain sacks, cut out the print
ed company name, and then tatted them into something special. Does anyone s
ee something else here?
>>
>> And can anyone identify what they would have been used for and what they w
ould have been filled with? Does anyone have a name for them?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Mary Dibble
>> New Glarus Historical Society