Feedsack Secrets

Feedsack Secrets
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Publisher : C&T Publishing Inc
Total Pages : 147
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ISBN-10 : 9781617453830
ISBN-13 : 1617453838
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Book Synopsis Feedsack Secrets by : Gloria Nixon

Download or read book Feedsack Secrets written by Gloria Nixon and published by C&T Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2010-02-01 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A quilt historian chronicles the fascinating yet untold story of feedsack quilts made in America during the Great Depression and WWII. Feedsacks weren’t meant for anything more than their name implies until hard times changed the way people looked at available resources. In the 1930s and 40s, quilters facing poverty and fabric shortages found that these cotton bags could be repurposed into something beautiful. Manufacturers capitalized on the trend by designing their bags with stylish patterns, like the iconic gingham. In Feedsack Secrets, quilt historian Gloria Nixon shares the story of the patterned feedsack with research culled from old farm periodicals, magazines and newspapers. Along the way, she reveals how women met for sack-and-snack-club fabric swaps; there were restrictions on jacket lengths, hem depths and the sweep of a skirt; and feedsack prints and bags played a part in political contests, even accurately predicting that Truman would win the 1948 presidential election.


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