Floursack Underwear and Sugar Sack Quilts

Continuing our Show n' Tell this month, today I want to share an adorable find...

Early flour sack underwear

These were found in several boxes that we acquired belonging to the estate of an original homestead family here in our County.

Pair of antique flour sack underwear and antique china underwear buttons; L's collection

.....and here is a LARGE quilt top made up entirely of Vintage Flour, Salt and Sugar Sack that have been hand dyed PINK, Spring Green and Yellow. These colors really POP! When I hung this, it reminded me of stained glass.

This is quilt ready to ship and would be a great Spring project as an easy 'tied quilt'. The condition is wonderful, there is some slight fading due to the hand dyed nature and there are a few small tension holes throughout. No stains, tears, no musty odor, etc.

I snapped these pics on a rather blustery day, so it was a wee bit difficult to capture the advertising still visible on some of the opened sacks; such as The Honey Dew Sugar Sack to the far right edge of the above pic.

Vintage Honey Dew Sugar Sack; L's collection

The quilt top measures 72" wide x 88" long; the main pattern blocks measure 14" square and the yellow squares are 7" square. This has been gently soaked in homemade laundry treatment and line dried in the sun.
*Please note that we do not ever use dry cleaning, dry cleaning sheets, any product with chemicals, fabric softener or dryer sheets on any of our vintage fabric items.

Vintage Flour, Sugar, Salt Sack Quilt (Hand dyed) Circa 1940's 72"x88" $55 includes shipping
Please leave a comment if interested in purchasing.
Happy Friday!

L

January 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th 1951

January 3, 1951
Wednesday

Real warm + sultry. Really did get muddy. I sent mail out, then cleaned up the Christmas doing; put everything away, cleaned up good. G was out and gone all day. Had to work on car some. Cecil taken black heifer up to Clint's till it's weaned

January 4, 1951
Thursday

Egg 55
Weather real warm sun out bright little rain about 4:30 awful muddy. Guy made new hog trough, I'm ironing..didn't get thru Emma Jean was over.
Had pork chops, gravy, fried taters, corn for supper..onion, bread, crackers.

*Bess went to Winc hospital for tumor

January 5, 1951
Friday
*Bought tank of gas today $10.75

Awful nice day not cold and sun was so bright...I ironed some, patched some, made up Mom's bed clean, cleaned up the house good. Went over to Ruth's a while. Cecil and Clint went to Winc to see Bess, will operate on Mon.
I washed my hair and my grey sweater tonite.

Calf has scours bad.
Clint's cow died.

January 6, 1951
Saturday

Awful nice day. I straightened up, taken ashes out, piddled around. Guy slept in a while this AM, then he fixed pig slop shute, then this eve he went fishing.

I baked fine lemon pie; going to pop some corn now. Used my mixer for the first time.

1940s Vintage Sunbeam Mixer, Beaters, Blender Attachment, Electrical Cart, Original Manual and Cookbook; Available for Sale at Sage Patch.

Ruth and Clint came down a while. Radio very good tonite!

*Note from L; Want to listen to some Old Time Radio shows? Click here to visit this wonderful site!