The Little Girl Paid a Nickel for Every Printed Feed Sack — Then the Quilt Collectors Found Her Barn
38K views · Aug 5, 2026 · People & Blogs
Comments · 31
@sandratorregrosa320 · 3 weeks ago
I love these stories and never get tired of listening about how wise, patient and hard-working women end up successful in what they love!
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@SingleMomRise · 1 month ago
Sometimes the quietest person in the room holds the greatest power.
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@DarkRebornQueen · 1 month ago
The purchase of the Beaumont property showed how patience and preparation can change a person's future.
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@CarolynWilkerson-b7j · 1 month ago
Love this story and wore skirts and dresses made from feed sacks. My Mother also cut patterns from newspaper.
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@carriewheeler5132 · 1 month ago
She paid attention to the small details. She shared her knowledge. ❤❤❤❤
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@susanbrownstein6816 · 1 month ago
Great story.
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@carolyndrawdy5687 · 2 weeks ago
❤️🇺🇸A wonderful Story about “Feed Sacks”…..My Sisters and I loved all the Skirts,Blouses, made from them in the 1950’s❤️
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@TheCurioForgeAg · 3 weeks ago
Wow great story 👏
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@dorannemckibben7917 · 3 weeks ago
Listening from Biloxi, Mississippi USA.
@flautalee3090 · 7 days ago
Very good story.❤
@JanHarvell-k9b · 2 weeks ago
What a wonderful history.
@cathywilson4050 · 11 days ago
My grandmother and mother made me dresses from printed feed sacks in the late 1950s and early 60s . I lived in the mountains of Western N C where my grandparents had a farm and bought feed in those sacks.
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