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*Farmgirl Swap:  RE-READ -- Feed Sack Project 2021  |
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Cydnie
Sister #2396
109 Posts
Cydnie
Moscow
Idaho
USA
109 Posts |
 Posted - Dec 22 2020 : 09:46:37 AM
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And here’s something flour-sack adorable to stitch from MaryJane’s Ideabook!
 
~Cydnie |
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JeanP
True Blue Farmgirl
1284 Posts
Jean
Deary
ID
USA
1284 Posts |
Posted - Dec 22 2020 : 12:51:04 PM
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| Oh, I see Cydnie actually included ideas from MJ's "Wild Bread" book too. Thanks sew much. |
Edited by - JeanP on Dec 22 2020 1:11:25 PM |
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JeanP
True Blue Farmgirl
1284 Posts
Jean
Deary
ID
USA
1284 Posts |
Posted - Dec 22 2020 : 1:06:24 PM
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Thank you sew much Cydnie for sharing these dellightful feed sack projects from "MaryJane's Ideabook". Does this mean you'll be joining us? Wink. Winkk.
Please everyone keep those ideas and feed sack stories coming. These humble pieces of cloth are such a special part of our history. And that has inspired me to order the PBS documentary "The Depression" by Ken Burns on Netflix. This is an exquisitely done historical record of the Great Depression . . . very informative and entertaining.
On to a bit of housekeeping here. When I send out your feed sack, I will put an asterisk with the date sent by your name on the PARTICIPANTS list above. I'm trying to stay organized as a Swap Host newbie. Thanks for bearing with me. Also, I still need mailing addresses for Hammah Nik and Gail. I have your packages ready to go but don't know where to send them.
jean
"However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at."
. . . .Stephen Hawking |
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suny58
True Blue Farmgirl
4428 Posts
Dianna
Jack
Al.
USA
4428 Posts |
Posted - Dec 22 2020 : 1:40:43 PM
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I thought I'd seen some ideas via MaryJanes!! Awesome Cydnie! Thank you for cute cute inspiration!!!
Farmgirl #7103
FGOTM January 2018
Dianna
"Blessed are they that see beautiful things in humble places, where other people see nothing." Pissarro |
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suny58
True Blue Farmgirl
4428 Posts
Dianna
Jack
Al.
USA
4428 Posts |
Posted - Dec 22 2020 : 1:43:00 PM
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Awww, Julie, I pray everything is ok!!
Farmgirl #7103
FGOTM January 2018
Dianna
"Blessed are they that see beautiful things in humble places, where other people see nothing." Pissarro |
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quiltee
True Blue Farmgirl
7582 Posts
Linda
Terrell
TX
USA
7582 Posts |
Posted - Dec 22 2020 : 3:55:19 PM
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Hope you are okay, Julie.
Farmgirl hugs,
Linda
Terrell, TX
Farm girl #1919
Farm Girl of the Month August 2015 and April 2017
"Women are Angels, and when someone breaks our wings, we simply continue to fly . . . on a broomstick - we're flexible, like that."
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JeanP
True Blue Farmgirl
1284 Posts
Jean
Deary
ID
USA
1284 Posts |
Posted - Dec 22 2020 : 4:05:15 PM
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We're gonna miss Julie (Treelady). Send lots of prayers and power thoughts her way.
jean
"However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at."
. . . .Stephen Hawking |
Edited by - JeanP on Dec 22 2020 4:08:00 PM |
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quiltee
True Blue Farmgirl
7582 Posts
Linda
Terrell
TX
USA
7582 Posts |
Posted - Dec 22 2020 : 5:07:16 PM
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MJ also has an Egg Gathering Apron that many of us have made - that might also be a possibility. Or a MJF dish drainer quilt - pattern available on line, I think. I have 3 of them I alternate out.
Farmgirl hugs,
Linda
Terrell, TX
Farm girl #1919
Farm Girl of the Month August 2015 and April 2017
"Women are Angels, and when someone breaks our wings, we simply continue to fly . . . on a broomstick - we're flexible, like that."
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Edited by - quiltee on Dec 22 2020 5:07:42 PM |
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JeanP
True Blue Farmgirl
1284 Posts
Jean
Deary
ID
USA
1284 Posts |
Posted - Dec 22 2020 : 6:09:35 PM
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I’ve been thinking a lot about what I want to make for my Feed Sack Project. There are so many wonderful ideas, it’s hard to choose just one. But I have picked a name and general idea for it. I’m going to call my project “Honor the Old, Embrace the New”. It will be a melding together of vintage fabric and pattern with the benefit of modern-day construction tools such as my embroidery machine and electronic fabric cutter. And, of course, I will probably add some non-vintage companion fabrics to the project as well.
I will be honoring the wonderful history of Feed Sacks and the hard times of the Great Depression that made their various uses so prevalent by women making do with very little, as well as honoring all of us Farmgirls who have survived this very challenging year of pandemic pandemonium making do under very harsh circumstances. But I will surely be embracing the hope of the New Year and relief from Coronamadness. I will show my love of the new by utilizing current-day technology to construct my project.
OK, philosophically I’m on a roll here. But getting right down to basics, I haven’t a clue as to what exactly I am going to make . . . oh, decisions, decisions . . .
"However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at."
. . . .Stephen Hawking |
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
17161 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
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Red Tractor Girl
True Blue Farmgirl
6677 Posts
Winnie
Gainesville
Fl
USA
6677 Posts |
Posted - Dec 23 2020 : 10:08:43 AM
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Please add my name to this list too! This is a going to be a fun challenge for sure.
Winnie #3109
Red Tractor Girl
Farm Sister of the Year 2014-2015
FGOTM- October 2018 |
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JeanP
True Blue Farmgirl
1284 Posts
Jean
Deary
ID
USA
1284 Posts |
Posted - Dec 23 2020 : 11:31:59 AM
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Woo Hoo Winnie's With Us!!
"However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at."
. . . .Stephen Hawking |
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JeanP
True Blue Farmgirl
1284 Posts
Jean
Deary
ID
USA
1284 Posts |
Posted - Dec 23 2020 : 12:22:27 PM
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I'm reading "Feedsack Secrets: Fashion from Hard Times" by Gloria Nixon and wanted to share this quote with you. If you go back to Katmom's post on December 21, you'll see the booklet the quote refers to. Maybe Katmom will share more from it with us. As I read this book, I'm learning that during this period feed sacks were most commonly referred to as "dress print bags".
"The 1950s was the decade of contests for the dress print bag. As paper containers gained acceptance, the National Cotton Council took action to protect its interests in cotton and keep the product in high demand with the housewife. The solution, at least for a short while, was in contests. Following are a few of the many that helped prolong the time of the patterned feedsack. In 1953, the National Cotton Council announced a “National Cotton Bag Sewing Contest.” Mrs. Esther McGugin won the title of “International Cotton Bag Sewing Queen” along with a new Pfaff sewing machine. This 1954 Idea Book for Sewing with Cotton Bags stated the rules for the next contest in the series, the “Save with Cotton Bags” Sewing Contest."
Hmmmm . . . . I wonder . . . . what WERE the rules for the next contest? Tag. You're it, Katmom.javascript:insertsmilie(' ') jean
"However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at."
. . . .Stephen Hawking |
Edited by - JeanP on Dec 23 2020 12:27:24 PM |
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quiltee
True Blue Farmgirl
7582 Posts
Linda
Terrell
TX
USA
7582 Posts |
Posted - Dec 23 2020 : 1:35:25 PM
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I love those old books. My Singer books says I need to be "prepared" to sew or something like that. And we had to make sure we were presentably dressed for our husbands when they got home from work and had to have dinner ready. Really? I never would have made it. LOL!
Farmgirl hugs,
Linda
Terrell, TX
Farm girl #1919
Farm Girl of the Month August 2015 and April 2017
"Women are Angels, and when someone breaks our wings, we simply continue to fly . . . on a broomstick - we're flexible, like that."
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isewbernina
True Blue Farmgirl
223 Posts
Kathy
Salina
KS
USA
223 Posts |
Posted - Dec 23 2020 : 3:19:06 PM
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I just checked out the book from the library Jean, and learned that gingham in pink or blue were the first colors chosen for the prints! The writer is from my family's county Wabaunsee, KS , Whooo. So I am reading the history and really enjoying it. Thank you very much. I wore many of these garments made from these sacks. My mom was a dressmaker and alterations person. My grandparents lived on a farm and grandpa was instructed to buy the feed sacks. Lots of memories in this book. ;o)
Thanks for the information
Kathy
“Kindness is Free, Sprinkle that Stuff Everywhere.” |
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
17161 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
17161 Posts |
Posted - Dec 23 2020 : 5:45:38 PM
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Jean.. you crack me up..
I kind of think I know what I want to make.. but then I go on pintrest and see 'sew' many fabulous ideas...
My 'sack cloth' is on my ironing board.. now to get creative and get itchin' to stitchin'...
HoHoHO!
>^..^<
Happiness is being a katmom and Glamping Diva!
www.katmom4.blogspot.com & http://graciesvictorianrose.blogspot.com
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JeanP
True Blue Farmgirl
1284 Posts
Jean
Deary
ID
USA
1284 Posts |
Posted - Dec 24 2020 : 4:17:44 PM
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Time to hit the shower and wash my hair. I haven’t had a haircut since February and boy, do I ever look like a wild woman. But rest assured, I HAVE showered since then. As I’ve been researching feed sacks and that era, I ran across an interesting reference to pin curls which led me to reminisce about spoolies. Do you remember them? I wish I had my spoolies now, but I do have a sleeve of bobby pins somewhere. Let’s see if I remember correctly, you wind a small clump of hair around your finger then put your fingertip to your head and flatten down the curled hair before securing it with the bobby pin. Is that correct?
jean
"However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at."
. . . .Stephen Hawking |
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quiltee
True Blue Farmgirl
7582 Posts
Linda
Terrell
TX
USA
7582 Posts |
Posted - Dec 24 2020 : 4:40:43 PM
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OMG! Me, too. This is the first time almost ever, I think, that it's been over a year since I had a haircut. MY last haircut was November 2019. And I really need one. I wish I could find someone to come to the house to cut mine. I have bobbi pins and could do that - almost afraid to find out how it would turn out, though. LOL!
Farmgirl hugs,
Linda
Terrell, TX
Farm girl #1919
Farm Girl of the Month August 2015 and April 2017
"Women are Angels, and when someone breaks our wings, we simply continue to fly . . . on a broomstick - we're flexible, like that."
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quiltee
True Blue Farmgirl
7582 Posts
Linda
Terrell
TX
USA
7582 Posts |
Posted - Dec 24 2020 : 4:50:32 PM
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That's an expensive book. $42 on Amazon.com; $4.99 for Kindle. LOL! Have to see if the library has it.
Farmgirl hugs,
Linda
Terrell, TX
Farm girl #1919
Farm Girl of the Month August 2015 and April 2017
"Women are Angels, and when someone breaks our wings, we simply continue to fly . . . on a broomstick - we're flexible, like that."
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JeanP
True Blue Farmgirl
1284 Posts
Jean
Deary
ID
USA
1284 Posts |
Posted - Dec 24 2020 : 4:56:59 PM
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Yep Linda . . . The paper version is too pricey for me. I have it on my Kindle. But apparently some libraries have it.
"However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at."
. . . .Stephen Hawking |
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Quiltwright
True Blue Farmgirl
346 Posts
Cristy
LAKE HAVASU CITY
AZ
USA
346 Posts |
Posted - Dec 25 2020 : 1:40:37 PM
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Am I too late? I haven't been checking the posts lately and hope I haven't missed this one. Sounds like fun!
Enjoying the day |
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JeanP
True Blue Farmgirl
1284 Posts
Jean
Deary
ID
USA
1284 Posts |
Posted - Dec 25 2020 : 2:03:32 PM
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MERRY CHRISTMAS Farmgirls and Feed Sack swappers . . . The Holiday party is just about over, but our Farmgirl fun continues on. Woo Hoo Santa heard me and brought me a copy of Mary Jane's beautiful Idea Book for Christmas. I see many happy hours spent reading by the fire in my future. And for those of you who already have this book, in addition to the suggestion posted above by Cydnie, be sure to check out some of the fun feed sack project possibilities starting on pg. 216
A friend of mine also sent me the following two fabulous links in case you have not already run across them in your internet excursions:
https://www.pinterest.com/gaylemoussa/feed-bag-ideas/
https://www.pinterest.com/carajrussell/feed-and-grain-sack-projects/
CRISTY -- you are absolutely in. Welcome. Be sure to send me a private email with your feedsack selection and mailing address so I can get it sent off to you.
Now that this year's Christmas projects are behind us, I hope more of you talented farmgirls will join this Feedsack Project Swap and have fun creating and learning more about this special part of our cultural history. I'm taking names until January 5 and will post partners on January 6. Then you'll have a month to make your wonderful creations to mail out the first week in February. What fun Valentine's presents we are all going to receive. I can hardly wait.
jean
"However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at."
. . . .Stephen Hawking |
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TexasGran
True Blue Farmgirl
4919 Posts
Marilyn
Stephenville
Texas
USA
4919 Posts |
Posted - Dec 26 2020 : 3:20:09 PM
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Where did my message disappear to??? May I join the fun???
TexasGran
#6389
Let God's light shine through you every day.
Amazon Children's Books, look for my name:Marilyn Robinson Godfrey
Craftsy: patterns for farm stick animals under my name.
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JeanP
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jean
Deary
ID
USA
1284 Posts |
Posted - Dec 26 2020 : 3:30:09 PM
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Hahahaha . . . you sent it "privately". Got you on the list and got your feed sack all packaged and ready to mail out on Monday.
jean
"However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at."
. . . .Stephen Hawking |
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jmpiercy
True Blue Farmgirl
441 Posts
Joan
Mechanicsville
Virginia
USA
441 Posts |
Posted - Dec 27 2020 : 12:36:46 PM
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Jean, do you have room for one more? It sounds like fun. I will understand if you don't.
Joan P.
Farmgirl Sister #8056
"You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching, Love like you'll never be hurt, Sing like there's nobody listening, And live like it's heaven on earth." - William W. Purkey
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
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