Cathy, Call around to the various sewing clubs if you have any down there. My cousin belongs to a sewing club up here and they make quilts to donate to various organizations. Hugs, Mary -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Cathy And donald w raber Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2009 10:26 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [PD-LIFE] sewing flour sack material I've wanted to get into quilting, but so far haven't connected to others that are doing it in Central FL, though I did talk to somebody once that I was going to contact, but didn't, & kick myself every day! I'll ask around again! Thanks allot for posting the web site. I have gone to some craft webpages, but haven't ordered. Well, I know it's lost art. Well, almost. They took it out of the schools here, & I had it for middle school. I wish my daughter had had it in school. Though may have the opportunity to get something started with her, hey that's an idea! I took a sewing class when my daughter was young, but haven't done much in my life either. I wish I was closer Judy so we could do it together! Cathy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Judy" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 5:53:39 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [PD-LIFE] sewing flour sack material Patterns do list quite high, but you never have to pay retail. Walmart sells them for $5-6 and Joann often has sales. They will put one line on sale for $1 or $1.99. You can buy up to 10 patterns at a time at that price. You can get reproduction feed sack fabrics at some quilt shops. It is good quality, finely woven fabric, all cotton. I sew every day of my life. It is my obsession. Also for free patterns, there are a lot of websites out there that have stuff. For clothes, burda.com. You can print at home to send to a store like Kinkos, and craftster.org/forum has all kinds of tutorials, all of them free. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Sayman" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 6:23 AM Subject: Re: [PD-LIFE] Flour sack material >I can remember when my dad would make a trip to the feed store (GLF or Ward > & Van Scoy's and then Ag-Way in the area where I live) and he would ask my > mother > if she wanted to ride along. Most every time, she would say yes because > she > needed a certain feed sack pattern to finish up a dress or blouse or > curtains. My dad > would back into the loading dock, then go in to the counter to tell the > man > how many sacks of feed he needed, and which kind (cow, chicken, hog mash, > calf manna) > then tell him mom was already out there picking out which bags she wanted. > They'd load the truck with the sacks my mother pointed out - even if they > had to move > several others to get to it - and then we'd be on our way home. Dad would > ask if mom had any preference about which bags got emptied first. > > The sacks were made out of some of the finest cotton material ever made. > It > had to be tightly and finely woven to keep the feed (especially hog mash > and > calf manna) > in the bags, which was made even tighter when they were pre-washed before > use. My mother didn't make my underwear or coats, but she made everything > else. I > think I may even still have a kitchen towel made from feed sack material. > If I do, I've put it away for posterity's sake, not that anyone going > through my things after I'm > gone would even have an inkling about what it is. My mother was an > excellent seamstress and an avid knitter. As I grew older, I started > making > my own clothing from > the skin out, including my coats. I, too, became quite a seamstress. It > was very thrifty and it was like therapy. I'd close myself in my sewing > room for an evening or two > and have a new outfit to wear in a couple of days. I no longer sew. I > was > looking at the cost of patterns a while back and was amazed that they cost > $15-20+. YIKES!! > But I am thinking about getting a new sewing machine so I can sew some > curtains, drapes, and pillows, and make repairs. It is all so confusing > these days with every > thing being computerized. > > Hugs, > Mary > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Brenda Daniels > Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 12:45 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [PD-LIFE] Flour sack material > > 50-55 years ago my mother made my panties and bras out of flour and feed > sack material. I liked the feed sacks best because they had flower > patterns on them. I also had dresses to match. We moved to Indiana when > I was 6 and my bra and panties made a great swim suit since we lived two > blocks from the beach. No one on the beach ever made fun of my homemade > clothes. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message