fairydawn

Oznaburg, used in making the raggedy quilts. It is used in the middle instead of batting and the edges of the blocks are snipped to make it look ragged.

tuppermern

That's definately osnaburg. People use it instead of batting for rag quilts..........and it works well with homespu,

pennycandy

It's osnaburg. This hasn't been preshrunk. The weave will tighten after shrinking so you can no longer see any holes.

quiltingshorttimer

after you preshrink, can you use as a foundation for string quilts, etc?

canuckninepatch

Looks like what used to go in between layers of a wool coat

Needles

Looks like muslin to me, onasburg is similar but much tighter weave and has been used for years and years for simple clothing. I made curtains for my spare bedroom with onasburg, about 25 years ago, put a fancy fringe around the bottom. They lasted a long time even with the Florida sun beating them every day. Had a soft, homey feeling look. Loved them, cotton, washable, etc. Have used muslin to make up a pattern to see how it fits before ruining good fabric, can be used as a light lining. There is a difference in the two.

lindaschipper

I've always called it Onsburg. I've used it to make very old looking country dolls as it is rougher than muslin and takes a good tea dye for ageing.

sewbizgirl

Osnaburg. People used to embroider on it before ragg quilts became popular. If you don't have any sewing use for it, it would make a great cleaning cloth!

meanmom

It looks to me like the inexpensive moulin I bought at JoAnns. I used it to make quilt sandwiches to practice FMQ. Mine shrunk like crazy when I washed it. You could prewash it and use it as a base to make string blocks.

Onebyone

Cut it up in squares and use for washing windows and mirrors.