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Vintage Fabrics - IN SEARCH OF WARP ENDS
By Joan Kiplinger
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February/March, 2001:
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Feedbags: From Rags to Riches
Feedsack Gallery

Advertising Sacks


Unused sack from Farmers Exchange Mills showing its Snowflake brand. Sack is slightly glazed, possibly to help prevent finely milled flour from leaking. Closeup of scene shows a winterscape with skaters, horsedrawn cargo sleds and snow-covered mill. Other closeup details logo located in upper left-hand corner of sack. It represents Arkell & Smith, bag manufacturer of Canajoharic NY. Company was thought to be founded by Sen. Arkell of NY sometime in the 1800s. - Courtesy of Sharon Stark

Border print frames paper label of the Wayne Feeds bag, 1940s-50s. Print could be used for curtains, small tablecloths, towels. - Courtesy of Sharon Stark	Sack from Haines Mill, now defunct, is pre-WWII. Note 98-lb capacity which is a measurement prior to standardization of sizes in 1943. - Courtesy Sharon Stark	Pretty fancy print for plain old pig and hog feed; Farmer Brown must have known how to mass market. Sack originally bought for daughter but mom decided to hog it for herself. - Courtesy of Paula Hammer who has no regrets	Red Head Feed Co. with woodpecker logo contained corn. Bag was made by Central Bag Co, Kansas City MO. The same bag is featured in Textile Bags on p. 24 - Curtesy of Judy White

Crumbles Red Comb Poultry Feeds was a white muslin sack much desired for quilts and sewing projects.This particular type printing would wash off with repeated scrubbing. 1930s-40s - Courtesy of Betty Wilson	A well-used LePages Paste bag, 17" x 9-1/2" contained five pounds of dry paste made by Russia Cement Co, Gloucester MA. Considered a specialty textile bag. These bags accounted for 19% of total textile bag production, according to Textile Bags, p.119. - Courtesy of Judy White	This Archer feedsack, 1930s-40s, was printed with water-soluble advertising printing right directly on fabric. Sack was size of pillowcase and woven of soft cotton. Some of these bags came with large paper advertising labels on the front which were soaked off in water to salvage attractive prints for household use. - Courtesy of Betty Wilson	Kingscrost Hybrid Seed Corn was a coarse-textured bag. It was used as yellow cloth after printing was removed. 1930s-40s - Courtesy of Betty Wilson who just loves that little old Kingscroft man

A 5-lb. Superior Salt bag, pre-1960. - Courtesy of Judy White

Borders

A surprisingly delicate sprintime print border, 1950s. Difficult to imagine this is a feedsack.
- Courtesy of Jane Clark Stapel Memories of the 1950s -- these three sacks with their strutting chickens [roosters?], stitch in time and Mother Hubbard with poodles are so typical of the homey prints of that decade.
                                                     - Courtesy of Paula Hammer - Courtesy of Paula Hammer - Courtesy of Paula Hammer

Clever Logos

It takes a trained eye to spot these logos contained in designs of sacks. A cheery southwestern print, 1940s, harbors its F&F logo with logs of fire in a vase -- see if you can spot it in the closeup. Empire logo with its skyscraper is skillfuly incorporated into the brilliant colors of floral design, 1940s.
                     - Courtesy of Sharon Stark

Florals and Prints

Unusually large roses dominate this feedsack, 1940s-50s.
- Courtesy of Jane Clark Stapel Unexpectedly 1950s ultra-modern geometrics could require sunglasses to prevent feedsack glare.
- Courtesy Jane Clark Stapel - Courtesy Jane Clark Stapel

True sax appeal -- these colorful and appealing sacks from the 1930s-50s are begging to be made into something attractive and imaginative.
            - Courtesy of Judy White

Scenes

Yet again another unexpected charm of feedsacks --these nostalgic New England rural scenes which were a favorite decorating decor in the 1940s-50s.
- Courtesy of Paula Hammer - Courtesy of Paula Hammer

Themes and Novelties

Another example of charming prints which illustrate the variety of creativity found in feedsacks. Late 1940s-50s.
- Courtesy of Jane Clark Stapel - Courtesy of Jane Clark Stapel

Unusual

Miniature sample bag of Quaker Sugar holds two oz. Copyright 1930.
- Courtesy of Sharon Stark How often would you expect to buy wrapping paper for a shower and later find a near match in a feedsack? Wrapping paper contains the word shower.1957
- Courtesy of Paula Hammer

Page 1 - Feedbags: From Rags to Riches
Page 2 - Feedbags: Wisdom from the Roundtable

The arbitrary cut-off date for this Vintage Fabric column is 1960. To stay within the scope of this timeframe, reference materials published up to that date are the prime source of information to more accurately capture actual thoughts of the time.

If you are interested in vintage fabrics and textile production, email Joan@fabrics.net . Your topic or query could be of interest to collectors and professionals whose hobbies or research require knowledge and use of old fabrics and their contemporary counterparts.

Joan Kiplinger is an antique doll costumer and vintage fabric addict who learned to sew on her grandmother's treadle and has been peddling fabrications ever since.