u/Peridot-Puzzles

I was gifted this beautiful piece of fabric by a friend who found it in her mom’s estate. These details make me wonder if it might be real feed sack: abstracted berries/flower buds on vine, the limited color palette, the off white background, the coarser and lighter weight feel than contemporary cloth.

The dimensions are 32”x42”, but it has a chunk out of it, so these might not be the original dimensions. Plus, if these aren’t the original edges then it’s no use looking for a bag seam, right?

Most of the other fabric in the box feels and looks newer than the feed sack era but is still vintage. (Short video of entire box’s contents: https://youtube.com/shorts/5MmRSO5AlZ4?si=hhAqTuteFjdPWOJQ )

What do you think:
Authentic feed sack (sugar/flour) from 30s-40s?
OR
Newer Intentional repro?
OR
60s-70s at earliest, but still vintage?

I’m a new quilter with a big undertaking: I am finishing a double wedding ring quilt that was presumably begun in the 50s or 60s - there was a bag of 1,000+ precut wedges I bought from an antique store and I laid them out and figured out the original quilter’s intent. I am close to running out of original wedges so have made a template and have begun cutting vintage fabric to finish it out to queen size.

I’m doing raw edge appliqué bc otherwise I’d lose too much of the beautiful prints turning them under.

Feel free to post your own quilt rescues! Would love to see them!!