This type of quickly assembled whole cloth comforter, typically tied or tacked, and sometimes machine quilted, made good sense for bedcoverings distributed to families on relief, particularly when the government supplied surplus cotton yardage. This one, a rare surviving example, has a tag (inset image) that reads “‘Not to be Sold,’ Produced and Distributed for the Federal Emergency Relief Administration by Governor’s Commission on Unemployment Relief State of Indiana.” FERA was the precursor to the WPA.