Sewing Fun

Have you other vintage fabric lovers noticed how popular vintage European grain sacks have become?  I'm seeing them everywhere online.  Just the sack itself can range from $60 -$100 +.  If it is made into a pillow they run from $200 - $300!!  Especially the ones with the stenciled letters & designs.  Oh, look at this one! for $495.  American flour sacks are more reasonable & more available here in the U. S.  Look at these - Yum Yum!!

I decided to try to make something similar since a $300 pillow is way out of my pillow paying range.  I made mine from linen, black paint, stencils & vintage looking fabric.  They are not pillows yet but on their way.  The "B" of course is for my last name. 

I've also been making other small sewn projects with the thought to sell more hand made items on Etsy or elsewhere.  I've got way more fabrics than I can ever make into quilts.  Another future pillow.

Comments

[Sarah]

Egads! A $300 pillow would have to be encased in glass and only looked from afar over here. (And I thought I was crazy when I didn't want to pay $35 for a pillow.)