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Fabulous Feedsack Quilts

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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.

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.

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!!