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Fuller78

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Old cloth squares
« on: October 22, 2018, 06:32:48 pm »
Got this in a hoard of stuff from my grandma passing away. Some flags on here date to around 1912. Wondering if they are worth anything or not.

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Re: Old cloth squares
« Reply #1 on: October 22, 2018, 06:41:27 pm »
Are they fabric squares with flanges printed on the?

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Re: Old cloth squares
« Reply #2 on: October 22, 2018, 06:49:16 pm »
I found a similar item on Etsy. They  are asking $12. Yours are nicer so you could probably get more for them

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Re: Old cloth squares
« Reply #3 on: October 23, 2018, 07:57:04 am »
They were usually called "Cigar Felts", even though they were generally printed on flannel, and were available as a premium for buying other tobacco products.
Many of them were collected to be stitched together into quilt tops.
http://www.quiltindex.org/news/2011/06/23/quilt-of-the-day-june-22-2011-2/

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Re: Old cloth squares
« Reply #4 on: October 24, 2018, 06:47:02 am »
Yup, cigar silks or tobacco silks. Back in the day tobacco companies would produce these in series (I have a stitchery of silks showing actresses from the early 1900s) Women would encourage their husbands to smoke so that they could collect these and make project pieces like this.
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Re: Old cloth squares
« Reply #5 on: October 24, 2018, 06:57:03 am »
I'm surprised at how much the value has increased on these, I had not looked them up in quite a while. Run an eBay search for tobacco silks and you'll get a good sense of value.
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Re: Old cloth squares
« Reply #6 on: October 27, 2018, 11:08:03 pm »
Nice seeing a resurgence in interest in these items. 
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