Antique 1930s Patchwork Quilt Queen Iris Pattern Hand-Stitched Calico Flour Sack Cloth

Description

This Antique Patchwork Quilt was hand stitched in the 1930s from flour-sack cotton cloth would make a lovely bedspread or … more This Antique Patchwork Quilt was hand stitched in the 1930s from flour-sack cotton cloth would make a lovely bedspread or authentic Americana wall décor. This patchwork pattern is called "Iris," and the flowers petals patches were made various designs of gingham and the background from regular white cotton flour bags.

The decorative flour sack gingham and calico cloth designs were created as a marketing ploy by flour producers to get housewives to buy THEIR flour, starting in the 1920s. The cloth was typically use to make dresses that were then cut and sown into quilts one they were worn out or outgrown.
Will fit a KING BED with no draping or a QUEEN BED with a little overhang.

Width: 74"
Length: 86"

FLOUR SACK CLOTHING & QUILT HISTORY:
Asa T. Bales, Roscoe, Missouri, filed a patent in October 1924 for cotton sacks to have interesting patterns and to be of a decent size, so they could be used for clothing. Specifically, Asa was assigning his patent to the George P. Plant Milling Co. in St. Louis for their new line of “Gingham” flour. The line split off into different brands including “Gingham Girl,” “Mother Gingham,” “Baby Gingham” and “Gingham Queen”. Executives of Plant Milling saw this as a prime marketing opportunity. The logos on the sacks were marked with marked with ink that would wash away, specifically so the cloth could be transformed into clothing and then quilts. Other mills copied with pastels and novelty prints and it became a contest to win the consumers attention. less