Feedsack quilts are a hot "new" trend! With this pattern book and the reproduction fabric so popular today, quilters can finally achieve the nostalgic look they're after. The editors of Traditional Quiltworks magazine selected 14 classic patterns for this timely release.
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Collectors of vintage textiles highly prize feedsack fabrics and the quilts made from them. Colorful feedsacks are a special part of American textile history, representing an era when grain, seed, flour and other dry staples were packaged and sold in cloth sacks. In a classic example of recycling, feedsack fabrics were used in a variety of homesewn items such as quilts, tea towels, curtains and clothing. The editors of Traditional Quiltworks magazine have selected 14 delightful feedsack quilts to share in this pattern book. It makes capturing the nostalgia of these vintage treasures easy whether you use antique or reproduction fabrics in your versions of the quilts. The patterns authentically reflect the feedsack era and include tradional favorites such as Dresden Plate, Jacob's Ladder, Drunkard's Path, Fans and Log Cabin. They also make use of a wide range of sewing techniques including rotary cutting, strip piecing and string piecing. Special techniques such as pieced prairie points and a quilt-as-you-sew option for one of the quilts provide a chance to try new methods. The step-by-step patterns are skill-rated and contain clear diagrams to ensure sewing success.
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For more than 10 years the editors of Traditional Quiltworks have been providing quilters with a reliable source of clear, step-by-step quilt patterns. Once again, the editors have selected lovely traditional quilts and included skill-rated patterns in this latest book, Fabulous Feedsack Quilts.
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18 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
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Disappointed in Content,
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This review is from: Fabulous Feedsack Quilts (Paperback)
I was hoping for something informative and was disappointed to find that this is simply a short pattern book with a few good patterns and virtually no historical or contemporary text on feedsacks (less than one-half page total). In fairness, the cover states that it is a pattern book, but I bought it on the web and apparently glossed over that detail, in my joy at finding something on this sparsely covered topic! Although the feedsack fabrics the 14 quilts are made from make charming quilt pictures, you very likely already own half of the patterns if you have quilted for more than a year or two. For those who like me are looking for history, antique quilt pictures and stories about the women who made them, Barbara Brackman's "Soft Covers For Hard Times" has more of the information you seek.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Truly my Grandmother's Quilts!,
By A Customer
This review is from: Fabulous Feedsack Quilts (Paperback)
I love old quilts - they take me back years ago when I would watch my Granny quilting on a frame she hung from her ceiling. The newer quilts today aren't the same to me...but the ones in this book come close to the ones I remember her making. She always made her quilts with thin cotton batting - I wish I could find a book that explained different batting choices and the pros and cons of each.
13 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Absolutely Wonderful !!!!,
By A Customer
This review is from: Fabulous Feedsack Quilts (Paperback)
This book is a must have for people who love quilts from the 30's and 40's. It's definately one of my favorites!!!! Buy it!!
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