From: Mary Dibble <mary.dibble.ng@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2020 14:36:02 -0600 Message-ID: <CABTUFqM_smn1V9eayqHk-yddd86+po8B_XGVJC0adyJkVt+ewA@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: grain sacks made into ????
Thanks to everyone who shared ideas about the repurposed grain sacks!
On Fri, Nov 20, 2020 at 10:03 AM SHIRLEY SCHOENFELD <saslax@aol.com> wrote:
> Hi
> They might have used that to keep their silverware from scratches
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Nov 19, 2020, at 9:37 AM, mthiel28@wi.rr.com wrote:
>
> We didn’t have much money when I was growing up on a far
m, so I made a
> skirt out of feed sack material to take to the county fair as my 4-H
> project. 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
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> 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
> imagine 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 use
d
> for dish towels or children's clothing. When we did our Great Depression
> Exhibit, 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>
> wrote:
>
>> Good afternoon
>>
>> I am attaching a photo of one of three similar items we found in a box i
n
>> our attic eaves marked "grain sack linen". This one is 38 inches long a
nd
>> about 14 and a half inches wide. All three have different designs but a
re
>> pretty close in dimensions. They are like really long slender pillow sh
ams.
>>
>> 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
>>
>