I am not an expert in history but did read up on this a few years back. I'll try to summarize. For more detail, look at: http://www.hoover.archives.gov/exhibits/collections/floursacks/index.html During and after the war, food was in short supply. The Commission for Relief imported huge amounts of food with the flour packaged in cotton sacks. To prevent the cotton from being used for ammunition, the sacks were tracked and controlled.... to be used for clothing, teaching sewing, etc. Many ladies embroidered sacks which were returned as thank you gifts or sold to raise funds for food. The embroidery could be embellishment on the picture/lettering already on the sack, or personal creations.
A large collection of these sacks are at the Herbert Hoover Museum. I saw a small part of the collection in a traveling exhibit at Hoover's childhood home a few summers back. They are most interesting. I think a few of them may have had a bit of lace incorporated into the design. If you are in a museum that has a few of these sacks, take a good look. Alice in Oregon -- where the storms are going away for several days. It will be dry but cool this week. ________________________________ From: Karen M. Zammit Manduca <kazama...@gmail.com> What are those? I am intrigued. Maybe some posts have not come through if you have been discussing them. Karen in Malta - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
