The Beauty of an Antique
& A Very Rare Giveaway

by Melissa @ The Inspired Room on August 18, 2009

vintage grain sacks

I love antiques. Whether it is a charming old house, a vintage accessory or a well-crafted piece of furniture, I adore things of quality and age. That is not to say I want a dowdy, out of style old lady house — I love mixing old and new to create my own personal style.

I just think it is remarkably special to own unique pieces with a real history. I love knowing that a piece was around way back when. There is something beautiful about an antique that no piece made today can quite capture!

Of course, I have nothing against Pottery Barn, IKEA, Crate & Barrel, Target, HomeGoods or any other home store that sells new furniture, replicas or look-alikes. I shop at those places from time to time myself. Certainly there is a time and a place to buy new or imitation.

But the pieces in my home that I treasure the most, and will in all likelihood still display and admire twenty to thirty or more years from now, are the ones with the most history. The ones that have a soul.

Antiques have a story to tell. Just like my grandpa who shared adventure tales from long ago, an antique tells stores far more interesting than any discount home store accessory could ever dream up.

Newly painted particle board is no match for the patina and richness of the antique wood. I adore the beauty of vintage textiles and the richness of an old oil painting. While I am no purist or antique snob, I do have a fondness for authenticity.

And if we are concerned about dollars (and of course we are), buying an antique we can keep forever doesn’t have to cost any more than throwing money at cheap imitations year after year. Many antiques you buy today will likely last a lifetime. If you love trendy decor, it can be expensive to keep up with what is hot and what’s not!

Just when you get all the latest stuff and start feeling all trendy, you open up a new magazine to realize your things are already hopelessly out of style. Or worse, they have fallen apart and it is time to reinvest in what is new. With antiques, you can blend a style all your own — one that can evolve over a lifetime and last just as long as you do. You don’t have to be a slave to trends dictated by someone else.

{GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED} Speaking of antiques, today we have a FABULOUS rare giveaway (see photo and description below). I SO want to win it. But of course, I can’t win because of that tiny small voice inside that says that would be just wrong of me.

One of my amazing blog partners, 3 Fine Grains, is sponsoring this giveaway today (yes, full disclosure, I am NOT this generous). I met Kymberley from 3 Fine Grains through a real life friend who knew we’d hit it off! Kymberley is an interior designer who has found her passion in antique textiles. So what is she giving away?

THIS IS THE PRIZE!
An authenticated antique German grain sack!

The photo above is of an over 100 year old authentic German grain sack. Can you imagine? THIS is the prize! The fabric AND the ink, the whole sack is the REAL DEAL! In fact, it is SO AWESOME and rare it has a value of $450!

It is a work of art from history, pure craftsmanship made to last hundreds and hundreds of years. These sacks were made to be extremely durable! As Kymberley points out on her website, they had to be thrown in the back of wagons, they were crafted to be left laying out in fields and strewn about mills.

These authentic grain sacks are more durable than any fabric you will find in modern shops so they can stand up to abuse from children and animals for a lifetime. And they are safe for people you love…they are made from organic hemp linen, all pesticide and chemical free. You can wash and dry many of them, or if you want to, you can dry clean them.

These sacks are not found mass produced for a chain discount store, these are found hidden under floor boards of charming old farmhouses or tucked away in the keepsakes of ladies from long ago. Oh the tales of adventure they could tell!

An authentic grain sack is something you WILL NOT throw away or dump on the curbside when the trendies decide grain sacks are so out. Because beautiful antiques are never out or trendy. These authentic sacks are classics and only become more beautiful with age.

Certain fads based on REAL ANTIQUES like grain sacks may come in and out of vogue, but the authenticity and charm of a real antique surpasses the whims of what is in and what’s out. That is the beauty of an antique. You enjoy them for their beauty and craftsmanship, not for their trendiness.

I love that a grain sack is versatile. You can use it to create whatever you want. So go ahead and dream. What would you do with an authentic grain sack? Cover a beloved chair? Make a stunning pillow cover? Hang in a window? Upholster a footstool? Oh, the options!

My stork pillow. Oh how I love thee.

I myself am in love with my own French grain sack pillow, also from 3 Fine Grains. Look at that stork! Sigh. I adore it. I hug it. I admire it. I tell its tales to any one who will listen. The original ink is so vivid and beautiful, the photos do not do it justice. It is beautiful. The texture is so amazing I run my hands across it almost every time I walk by. Yes, I am weird like that. Do I have that kind of love for all of my material things? No, not really. I do love my home and the treasures I’ve gathered, but there is just something special about beauty that only comes with age. I can say that now that I am over 40. I’m rapidly becoming somewhat of an antique myself.

Here it is again, the rare prize.

So, what would you use that over 100 year old authentic German grain sack for, should you be the lucky one to win it for yourself? Let’s dream about the options in the comments! Only one person will win at random, but because I like to spread the joy and have more people enjoy the beauty, you can enter up to FOUR times by promoting this giveaway on Twitter, Facebook or your blog as well as a comment here. This is fun. Giveaway ends on Saturday, August 22nd midnight PST and winner will be announced next week! I promise, it won’t be me.

You can see more lovely things from 3 Fine Grains on Kymberley’s website! I love reading what she shares about the grain sacks, their quality and their history, so it is a recommended visit!

This giveaway generously sponsored by 3 Fine Grains.
But my adoration of authentic grain sacks is 100% heartfelt and genuinely expressed by me.

Thank you for entering, the GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED!

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1 meninheira August 18, 2009 at 7:28 am: I love it!! please enter me!
I cross all my fingers
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2 Grad School Mommy August 18, 2009 at 7:30 am: and i posted on Twitter about this generous offer, too!

The Beauty of an Antique & A Very Rare Giveaway – http://shar.es/QFXT

my ID is: gradschoolmommy.
3 Jennifer Isrel August 18, 2009 at 7:31 am: Love all those pictures! I am drooling! I’m not sure of the size of the sack but I have been dying for one of these to either make a pillow or cover a gorgeous chair I have currently sitting in a shed. These may not be very creative ideas but would be the perfect way to incorporate one of these lovelies in my living room for all to admire.
Hope you are feeling better!
4 Grad School Mommy August 18, 2009 at 7:32 am: Posted this geneour offer on Twitter, too!

The Beauty of an Antique & A Very Rare Giveaway – http://shar.es/QFXT

My ID is: GradSchoolMommy
5 Stephanie August 18, 2009 at 7:33 am: I have an old wooden chair that I got at a yard sale. I have been thinking of redoing it, and I think this would make a nice little slipcover for the back of the chair. If it’s the right size, I could just slip it down over the back of the chair.
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6 Brooke August 18, 2009 at 7:33 am: How absolutely fabulous! Thank you for your description of antiques, as I could not have so eloquently described them. I adore that sack and would make sure it is loved for another 100 years!
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7 peggy dlugos August 18, 2009 at 7:34 am: Oh how I want to win this sack so I can take care of it. I’ll twitter about it today.
8 Julie H. August 18, 2009 at 7:37 am: Ohhh… How lovely! I am envisioning it pulled over a canvas, some lovely brads for edging, hanging in the lonely space above the couch that is just begging for fabulous art….
9 Judy August 18, 2009 at 7:40 am: Love it enough to post to my blog!
http://www.thegreenhangershop.blogspot.com
10 Darla August 18, 2009 at 7:41 am: I love items like this. Makes me wanna hit up my local antique shops asap.

I’m thinking a pillow or even having it framed rustic-style.
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11 Christy August 18, 2009 at 7:42 am: Absolutely fabulous! My husband’s family is German so he would treasure it as well. Off to covet at 3 Fine Grains and then to tweet.
12 Nicol August 18, 2009 at 7:43 am: I tweeted about the giveaway! http://twitter.com/csophisticated
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13 tara August 18, 2009 at 7:47 am: I would hang it as-is in my kitchen! Gorgeous!!!
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14 Allysa August 18, 2009 at 7:49 am: So Cool!!! Enter me please….

Allysa Reply:
August 18th, 2009 at 7:57 am
Sorry…I forgot to leave my email address…falka01@hotmail.com
15 Nicol August 18, 2009 at 7:51 am: I normally don’t blog about giveaways on my blog, but I truly think this one is worth it. I hope to win! http://classyandsophisticated.blogspot.com/2009/08/antique-german-feedsack.html
Nicol´s last blog ..Antique German Feedsack
16 The Lady of the House August 18, 2009 at 8:05 am: oooh.. aaahhhh. I love it – count me in! & Thanks!
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17 Amanda Jo August 18, 2009 at 8:06 am: Beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!! Please sign me up for this giveaway!!! I just can’t believe someone would give such a treasure away!!
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18 Katy Lin August 18, 2009 at 8:07 am: i tweeted you here
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19 Charla @ For the Sake of Time August 18, 2009 at 8:09 am: The German sacks are so lovely. I would frame it to hang at the top of my stairs by a walnut piesafe. What an honor it would be to own such a wonderful piece of history. Thank you for sharing.

Charla
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20 Shannon August 18, 2009 at 8:13 am: I love this! I was actually looking at the new, look alike pillows recently at a store online. Nothing would beat the real deal! I would love to put this on my old chair that I am refinishing somehow. Maybe a pillow?
Shannon´s last blog ..Adirondack Chair: A sweet deal at a garage sale!
21 cribtales August 18, 2009 at 8:17 am: Oh it is lovely! And as I have a strong German heritage on my Mama’s side, this would be such an authentic addition to my home. I honestly could not see cutting it up to make a pillow or chair cover – I just could not do it! But I think a simple frame showcasing its beauty is all it would need. We have a walk out basement that is our family retreat – I have sepia prints and rustic feel to the room. What a perfect contribution this piece would make. Thanks for sharing!
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22 kara August 18, 2009 at 8:18 am: love grain sacks…could never afford;)
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23 Kim August 18, 2009 at 8:21 am: I am enjoying this blog so much, thank you for inspiring me everyday.
24 Sarah B August 18, 2009 at 8:28 am: Sign me up for the giveaway!
25 Andrea August 18, 2009 at 8:32 am: How absolutely beautiful! I have been drooling over these for awhile and would be thrilled to call this my own. Thanks for the opportunity!

Hugs~A
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26 Jackie August 18, 2009 at 8:33 am: I LOVE antique grain sacks. Sometimes I can find real ones at the antiques fair in Alameda. This one is especially lovely! I would either frame it in a beautiful antique black frame or make a pillow. I’d love to make a chair with it, but I’m probably not that brave right now!! Love it!!
Jackie´s last blog ..No Solicitors…
27 Sylvia August 18, 2009 at 8:34 am: That is a beautiful burlap sack. I think I would hang it on the wall.

Thanks.
Sylvia
28 Susan August 18, 2009 at 8:34 am: My husband’s family is German…VERY old German…apparently they trace back to 2 AD! Yeah, my family is brand spankin’ new compared to them.

But oh, how I would love to have that to frame and hang with a collection of family photos…how cool is that???

Please enter me!
29 Shelley August 18, 2009 at 8:36 am: I feel about old books the way you feel about old fabric. Please enter me, I have a newish white chair that could really use a special pillow.
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30 kathysue August 18, 2009 at 8:38 am: what a generous give away. Please enter my name, would love to have such a treasure. Kathysue
31 Lisa August 18, 2009 at 8:41 am: I am part German. I would love this to prolong my heritage.
32 Karen B August 18, 2009 at 8:42 am: I actually have a grain sack that has someone’s initials stitched into it. I can’t even bear to cut it up. So, I would probably have difficulty making this into something else also. But, I wouldn’t mind stroking it myself! I’ll be posting about the giveaway on my blog and twitter and facebook. Absolutely AMAZING giveaway Michelle!
Karen B´s last blog ..Stash Socks
33 Briana Ethington August 18, 2009 at 8:45 am: That is an awesome item, very beautiful!
34 Katie August 18, 2009 at 8:46 am: Would love this!!! Maybe use it for a beautiful pillow or possibly framed?

Lisa Linn Reply:
August 18th, 2009 at 10:58 am
I love all of Kims Tasteful, Authentic and down right Beautiful designs, I would love it! So would my German friends in Hidden Valley! Thanks foe entering me.
35 Cindy August 18, 2009 at 8:48 am: I have an old ladder in my room I’ve been looking for things to drape on it. Love it!
36 Laura Warner August 18, 2009 at 8:49 am: Oh! please enter me in this dreamy give-away…. I have a house with a covered porch,making the inside somewhat dark…Ive decided to have a
swedish style interior and If I won this Grain Sack I would either upholster
my French style chair or maybe it would become a Table runner on my White Distressed entrance table and live under my garage sale chandelier..how pretty the thought is very exciting.

Warm Regards, Laura
37 Jackie August 18, 2009 at 8:49 am: I also posted on twitter and facebook about the giveaway!!
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Lisa Linn Reply:
August 18th, 2009 at 10:59 am
Yes please enter me again! I will face book it now!
38 Laurie Meseroll August 18, 2009 at 8:52 am: I’ve been eyeing these since I saw my fellow Earth Angel artist Jennifer Lanne’s made into a super-enviable handbag/sack–I’m off to make an announcement on my blog (and hope that my settings are correct so it will hop over automatically to facebook)–please enter my name for the most fabulous giveaway of the season!
–Laurie
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39 Laura Zarrin August 18, 2009 at 8:53 am: OMG!! Can’t believe this give away. It would be a pillow for my bed. It is so fitting because my ancestry is German. This is so cool, hope I win.
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40 Tawny B August 18, 2009 at 8:54 am: Love it! I would make a beautiful pillow for my sister in law who is getting married in 3 weekes and is all about rerusing. Her and her fiancee are looking to buy some farm land so it would be just perfect!
41 Kristen W. August 18, 2009 at 8:56 am: That is gorgeous and would be a welcome and well loved addition to my home!

Thanks,
Kristen
42 Beverly August 18, 2009 at 8:56 am: Melissa, I’ve been so busy that I haven’t been able to visit much. And, I’ve missed you. You always inspire me, and you always have a smile that you generously share. I hope all is well with you and your family.

Do you ever hear from Felicity?

I love this grain sack. I think it would be beautiful framed.
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43 Becky August 18, 2009 at 8:56 am: It would take me a long time to decide what to do with such a treasure, but I would put it to good use eventually! In the mean time, I would just stroke it and imagine all the people/things it had seen in its long lifetime.
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44 Andrea August 18, 2009 at 8:58 am: And in hopes that I realllly win it, I added your giveaway to my blog as well. http://lovelaughterlifelunacy.blogspot.com/2009/08/we-interrupt-regularly-scheduled-post.html

Thanks again!

Hugs~A
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45 tami lewis August 18, 2009 at 8:58 am: i would make a pillow with mine!
46 lylah ledner August 18, 2009 at 8:59 am: Lovely. Totally simply lovely. I blogged, twittered and FB…cause it’s too cool and the inspired room is more than cool…
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47 heidi August 18, 2009 at 8:59 am: how amazing and generous. I love it, i’d hang it somehow. although I love the idea of putting as a pillow, realistically for me, my kids would think it just another pillow.
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48 Hadley Howard August 18, 2009 at 8:59 am: So lovely! I have loved seeing these grain sacks; they make my heart skip a little bit.

I’m thinking this would make a fabulous window valance for my entryway. Or possibly to reupholster the chair of my daughter’s antique desk — we just took the old seat off and discovered it was padded with HAY! It’s even older than we thought, and deserving of something truly wonderful to recover it.

Love your site — it’s a daily read for me!
49 Gwen@MurphyGraceHome August 18, 2009 at 9:00 am: I think that I would frame it in a lovely rustic frame and hang it in my dining area. Wow, what a giveaway!
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50 Karen B August 18, 2009 at 9:00 am: I came back to check on my suspicions and sure enough! I called you Michelle! UGH, sorry about that. I know you’re Melissa!
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51 tami lewis August 18, 2009 at 9:00 am: i tweeted! http://twitter.com/agodlyhomemaker/status/3384831481
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52 tami lewis August 18, 2009 at 9:01 am: i facebooked it! i am at facebook.com/agodlyhomemaker
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53 Terry August 18, 2009 at 9:01 am: I LOVE IT! I’m crossing my fingers and toes to be the winner!
54 MF August 18, 2009 at 9:03 am: I think that I would have to go with a pillow for this! Although it would also be perfect to cover a small foot stool.

Thanks for the opportunity!!
55 tami lewis August 18, 2009 at 9:07 am: i blogged= http://agodlyhomemaker.blogspot.com/2009/08/win-antique-grain-sack.html
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56 The Beautiful Life August 18, 2009 at 9:12 am: Hi! What an incredibly awesome giveaway!

Everyone knows that I’m “all about burlap” and vintage grain sacks — but I do NOT own one like this! Wow!

What would I do with it…. hmmm…. honestly, I think I would hang it rather than cut it up for a project. I believe I would hang it in either my newly-remodeled kitchen/gathering room or in my entryway….

Thanks so much!!
Ruth
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57 Sarah August 18, 2009 at 9:13 am: Gorgeous! I’d love one!
58 Gina August 18, 2009 at 9:16 am: What a wonderful treasure-it is beautiful! I could see this as a pillow, or covering a chair, or a footstool…..I love it!
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59 Chelsey August 18, 2009 at 9:20 am: How stunning! I’ve been lusting after these grain sacks for a while! I LOVE the recovered chair you’ve got posted. Stunning!
60 Dawn August 18, 2009 at 9:24 am: How wonderful…I would make a pillow, or if large enough, cover my piano bench!
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61 Erin August 18, 2009 at 9:25 am: These are so beautiful! What a wonderful giveaway! If I had one, I would make a chair cover for a chair in my kitchen, which is already filled with antique ironstone and china. I think it would fit in well!
Erin´s last blog ..Cozy Details
62 Mandy S. August 18, 2009 at 9:25 am: My husband is from Germany! I fell in love with this instantly. I think if it were mine, I might make it into art…a wall hanging of some sort. But, I would keep it entirely in tact, so I could change it into something later if it so struck me.

I also Twittered this, and posted it on Facebook.

Thanks for the give away, and all the beautiful inspiration!
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63 elizabeth August 18, 2009 at 9:33 am: would love to use that over the antique windor chair that was my husbands grandfathers chair. It would be perfect.
Thanks for the giveaway
and your wonderful blog.
elizabeth
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64 black eyed susans kitchen August 18, 2009 at 9:34 am: The minute I saw this grain sack, I thought how wonderful would it be to frame it with a dark antique frame and hang it in my living room…then I saw that you were giving it away. Very cool! I also love vintage and antique accessories and furniture mixed with contemporary and modern. It makes a room look more interesting, adding character, dimension and texture. I never tire of your posts.
♥, Susan
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65 Claudia@DipityRoad August 18, 2009 at 9:38 am: I think i could actually see myself pulling out a needle to make this into a wonderful pillow… NOW that is an inspiration! hahha.

Hope you all are having a wonderful summer day!

TTFN~~Claudia ♥ ♥
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66 Stacey @ The Blessed Nest August 18, 2009 at 9:39 am: So beautiful!! Please enter me! I’d frame this beauty and display it in my family room for all to enjoy!!
Blessings,
Stacey
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67 Allison August 18, 2009 at 9:40 am: I love all the items found at 3 Fine Grains and would love to win the grain sack! I’ve been looking for something to cover an ottoman…oh, but it would also be good to cover one of the chairs I just purchased!
68 Cherri Engle August 18, 2009 at 9:41 am: I have seen so many grain sacks out in blogland that I feel like I am behind the ‘fad’. I would love to ‘catch up’ with everyone else. I have a wooden latter back chair that I think would look just loverly with the grain sack as a slip cover. Thanks for the give-a-way opportunity.
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69 Sarah August 18, 2009 at 9:42 am: Oh wow! We come from German on both my husband’s side and my side..last name IS Schneider. We would love to have this in our home. We just bought a new brown couch, I think this would make a lovely pillow, chair covering or even framing it to hang over our couch! It is amazing!

Side note: does the chair you pictured say Mathias and Bauer? Those are the maiden names of my mom’s parents. Just wild! You really grabbed a piece of my heritage in this post!

Thanks so much for sharing the giveaway! I completely agree, I love vintage/antique style much better than “antiqued replica”.
Sarah´s last blog ..Reflections
70 Jennifer August 18, 2009 at 9:42 am: I totally agree with you on antiques… they have soul… they are to be treasured! I think I would hang the grain sack as a piece of art. They are beautiful!! What a generous giveaway.
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71 Jocelyn Stott August 18, 2009 at 9:43 am: Holy moly, do I love this!!!!! Thank you !
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72 Lisa Gylling August 18, 2009 at 9:44 am: I love it! I would think about framing it, in a black frame, with a matte that would show off it’s beauty. Thanks!
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73 Sharon Hankins August 18, 2009 at 9:44 am: Please enter me, too…:) I posted on Facebook for all to see.
74 Kris August 18, 2009 at 9:46 am: Love this……..please enter me in the giveaway. My birthday is the 21st, wouldn’t this be a great birthday present?

Kris
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75 Cherri Engle August 18, 2009 at 9:47 am: I also blogged about this give-a-way. Please put me in for a second chance at the give-a-way. Thank you,
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76 amybee August 18, 2009 at 9:48 am: What a fun giveaway. Thank you for the offer. I think I would hang it over a dowel rod and hang it on the wall, perhaps over the breaker box.
77 New Every Morning August 18, 2009 at 9:49 am: Be still my heart!!!
Because I am of German descent AND I had the opportunity to visit Germany this year, my heart is pitter-pattering! What a fabulous giveaway! Thank you for hosting
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78 Kris August 18, 2009 at 9:50 am: I posted the giveaway on facebook.
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79 lissa August 18, 2009 at 9:53 am: this is the most amazing and generous giveaway!
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80 Meredith August 18, 2009 at 9:55 am: This would look gorgeous framed on my dining room wall!
81 Karin August 18, 2009 at 9:56 am: I wish I could edit my original comment. I have blogged and posted on FB (madrekarin) about this incredible giveaway.
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82 Cheryl August 18, 2009 at 10:04 am: I would make a pillow out of it – love it!
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83 Sarah August 18, 2009 at 10:08 am: Wow! I’m thinking that I would probably frame it! So pretty!
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84 Tonya August 18, 2009 at 10:11 am: This would be SO AWESOME!Thanks to you and your friend for this giveaway:)
85 Sarah August 18, 2009 at 10:11 am: And I blogged about your wonderful giveaway too!
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86 Cheryl August 18, 2009 at 10:12 am: I blogged about the giveaway here.
87 Tonya August 18, 2009 at 10:12 am: I tweeted,Tanya1223
88 Tonya August 18, 2009 at 10:14 am: I put it up on Facebook,Tonya Wxxxxn
89 The Bella Girls August 18, 2009 at 10:14 am: Beautiful!

I saw some similar burlap pillows on etsy yesterday and I fell in love.
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90 Angelica August 18, 2009 at 10:16 am: Love this! Please enter me in the giveaway.

Angelica
91 Amy R. August 18, 2009 at 10:24 am: LOVE everything! Count me in!
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92 Sylvia August 18, 2009 at 10:24 am: Please count me in!
sylviarj at yahoo dot com
93 Wendy August 18, 2009 at 10:29 am: Isn’t this just the coolest? Please enter me. xox Ü
94 Teri August 18, 2009 at 10:29 am: Oh how I have lusted over these grain sacks!

What would I do- I don’t know, I have so many places it could be used. I would definitely want it out and seen, but not in our sun so it fades.

It would either be a chair or pillows or both- but I just don’t know
95 Sheila H August 18, 2009 at 10:33 am: What a beauty! It would look great framed or on a chair.
96 Loretta August 18, 2009 at 10:38 am: Pick me! Pick me ! LOL! They are beauties!
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97 Morna Crites-Moore August 18, 2009 at 10:39 am: Okay – Here is my comment, and I put it on my Facebook Fan Page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Morna-Crites-Moore/90675619189?ref=mf#/pages/Morna-Crites-Moore/90675619189?v=wall&viewas=1246417209&ref=mf so now I’ll just enjoy it the way I enjoy the occasional (rare) lottery ticket – pretty much know I won’t win, but in honor of the MAYBE, I can enjoy daydreaming about it until the actual winner is announced!
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98 Sharon August 18, 2009 at 10:39 am: Ohhhh, please enter me. I adore this fabulous piece of history!
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99 Susan Howe August 18, 2009 at 10:40 am: Wow – I love it, and would cherish it if I won it!

My mother-in-law shared memories of her school dresses made from grain sacks by her mother, who was a skilled seamstress. What seemed “shameful and poor” would be an absolute treasure today – wish I had one of her dresses to hang on a wall.

I happened on your website by chance, and I’m glad I did! I put it in my favorites and now check in regularly.
100 Erica W August 18, 2009 at 10:47 am: How awesome! I would probably make a nice pillow with the grain sack. That’s certainly something I would treasure forever!