Vintage Junky offers handmade, authentic grain sack pillows. Each has square knife edges with a sewn zipper closure. These are quality hand made pillow covers crafted in Tennessee, not mass produced knock-offs from China. Each pillow maintains the vintage charm of an actual antique grain sack pillow. Vintage Junky sources its grain sacks for it's grain sack pillow shams from only the best antique linen dealers online. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Grain Sack Pillow / Flour Sack Pillow Grain sack pillows gained popularity with decorators a few years ago. While French grain sacks are highly desirable decorators are also snatching up American grain sack pillows. The trend more than likely started through the DIY outlet, a creative crafter finding a use for some old grain sacks with bold graphics and type. It didn’t take long grain sack pillows to catch on and show up in several popular magazines including Country Living and Better Homes and Gardens. Grain sack pillows are very versatile and can be used in a wide array of room settings with varying styles, however they seem to work best in abodes with a cottage, rustic, or otherwise vintage feel. They could however fit in just as well in a contemporary room, especially if a monochromatic theme is at play. Grain sack pillows are created from just that, grain sacks. They can have English, French, or even German writing on them, or no writing at all. The most desirable are very old or have unusual logos or designs on them. They were used to hold animal feed or seed grain for farmers. Normally the sacks were kept and reused by the farmers due to their durability. They also make excellent potato sack race bags, as they are more durable than the more common burlap. They also make excellent laundry bags and have been turned into everything from aprons to hand towels by the crafing community. Grain sack pillows are available at several online handmade specialty websites. Beware of imitators like Pottery Barn. Etsy and Ebay searches will bring up several handmade options. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Visit VintageJunky.com for your vintage style fix> Visit Vintage Junky's Vintage Home Decor and Design Blog> Visit VintageHomeDecor.info> Visit Vintage Junky's Etsy Shop for Unique Vintage Home Decor> Learn how to make Elf inspired Paper Snowflakes from Vintage Junky> |
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