Vintage Feed Sacks: Fabric From the Farm

by Susan Miller

Overview

Feast your eyes on these fascinating fabrics! Cherished by America's farmers for years, cloth feed sacks are part of America's rural history and are now entering the marketplace as hot collectibles. Over 500 color photographs illustrate fabulous patterns on beautiful feed, sugar, flour, potato, corn meal, salt, rice, and even bank and lead-shot bags. Also presented are examples of the aprons, tea towels, and bonnets commonly created from these pretty printed textiles. This colorful, entertaining, and useful book shares heartfelt reflections of life in the country and will appeal to quilters, crafters, and those with fond memories of farm life. Includes price guide and helpful hints on starting one's own feed sack collection.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780764326110
Publisher:	Schiffer Craft
Publication date:	03/26/2007
Series:	Schiffer Book Ser.
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Susan Miller and her husband Bob enjoy sharing stories of rural life and collecting farming mementos. After some sixty-four combined years in the printing business, the Millers are focusing on writing and collecting. They reside in Crawfordsville, Indiana.

Hometown:

New York, New York

Place of Birth:

New York, New York

Education:

B.S. in Business, New York University

Website:

http://astrologyzone.com