A few weeks ago I stopped in at a local Goodwill. This particular store is on the small side and it's hit-or-miss, with the emphasis on MISS. I've made a few good finds there but they're infrequent so I don't stop in often. This particular day I needed a thrift fix and happened to be in the neighborhood. While inside I found a bag of what looked like fabric scraps. The fabric was tightly folded together and the bag was stapled shut so I couldn't even manipulate it around to get a better look, but I thought that maybe I glimpsed some vintage fabric. It was price $5.99 which is pretty high for a bunch of random fabric scraps, but I had a feeling about it so I bought it anyway.
When I got it home and finally unfolded everything, this is what I found:
Quilt squares! Quilt squares made of feedsacks, to be specific!
There are more than 20 squares, each in a simple 9-block pattern.
I'm guessing it was a scrap quilt and the maker was a pretty inexperienced sewer. The stitching isn't great and many of the squares have rather...
creative patterns. You can see that they don't all match and the colors are kind of wacky.
I don't think the craftsmanship is good enough to warrant trying to put it together as an actual quilt, so I'm going to have to figure out something else to do with the squares. There are some brownish (rust?) stains on some of the blocks so before I do anything, I need to see if I can get those out. I imagine if I felt
really ambitious, I could take apart some of the weirder squares and see if I can't put together the pieces in a more visually appealing way. I'm not sure I'm that ambitious. We'll see.
Tune in tomorrow for the continuation of my post about the 1940s Ball!
I'm linking this post with
Thrift Share Monday over at Apron Thrift Girl.
While it is still hot and sunny give them a quick hand wash in the sink and then get them outside to see if the sun can get that brown out. Its the best thing for that. (But dont forget them and let them get ruined and sun faded...not that I have ever done that. ahem.)
ReplyDeleteAre the squares big enough to cover buttons? I love love those covered buttons wreaths!
This was definitely one of those times where it was worth taking the chance and buying one of those mystery bags! It's very charming, and I can't wait to see how you transform it!
ReplyDeleteThere is an abundance of feedsack finds this weekend. Oodles, you, me, lots of other folks too. That's a good thing!
ReplyDeleteI haven't found feedsacks in forever. I do have some, and some of them match what's in your quilt, but mine were incorporated into a quilt that I made my daughter.
ReplyDeleteHow about making little totes or little girl purses out of them?
ReplyDeleteCuuuuute fabric either way! I'm curious about the 1940's thang...must see, must see!
That is a pretty cool find!
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