What is technically feedsack fabric? (CLOSEUP)

[listitcafe]

What technically qualifies as being called feedsack fabric. Found this elephant print today... I think it is feeedsack?
-Chris

 

[cactusandcattails]

Funny I just picked up a book yesterday by Nigel Cawthorne titled ' The New Look-The Dior Revolution'. It seems to have quite a bit about the war years and there is a little blurb saying how it became a craze in the 40s to make clothes from flour sacks etc. Mentioned that grain sacks went from very drab to brightly colored cotton during the war years.

I havent had a chance to really read much yet, but if I find anything interesting I will let you know.

Maybe your fabric is a grain sack fabric rather than feed sack.

 

[listitcafe]

I am curious that maybe the term became less literal....

-Chris

 

[amandainvermont]

I remember selling some a few years ago as feed sacks - you were supposed to be able to see the holes where the stitches had been and they were all within a certain size perimeter. And that novelty print is adorable and childrens' prints do particularly well. I was shocked (and pleased) when one piece went for @$40.

 

[themerchantsofvintage]

Here's a great article that Lizzie wrote on feedsacks:

http://fuzzylizzie.com/feedsack.html

 

[fuzzylizzie]

Deborah, you are so nice!

Yes, it if was a feedsack, you can usually see the holes. But feedsacking becamce so popular that it was also sold by the yard.

The quality of the weave is a bit of an indicator. If it is smooth like a bed sheet, it's not feedsack.

 

[listitcafe]

So they did sell by the yard.... This fabric is smooth but you can see the weave and is is not refined like a bedsheet...

-Chris

 

[fuzzylizzie]

Can you do a clear close-up?

 

[listitcafe]

I pulled a bag of old feedbag peices I forgot I had....I think the weave is too fine to be feedsack. But Iam confused thebag of feedsack Iam looking at has abou 30 small pecies all with different texteures. Some I think are too smooth but they have the stitching holes.

Iam on a fence thinking this is 20' or 30's cotton children's fabric. Or feedsack.... Iam leaning to the later... No I found a peice almomst matches mine Iam back to feedsack.

When the sun comes out I will fool with camera.

-Chris

 

[listitcafe]

This is about as closeup as I can get with my camera.

-Chris

 

[fuzzylizzie]

Chris, follow the link to see a close up of a piece I have. It shows what feedsack normally looks like.

 

[listitcafe]

My peice is not as rough as yours.... The small rough drawn elephants and the tecture had me thinking feedsack. Close but I guess it is not.

-Chris