A little history of flour sacks
#23
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My mom gave me some of her flour sacks. Don't know what I'll do with them, but they are fun to look at. I do remember buying flour in fabric sacks. But then I also remember when they put dish towels or glasses in laundry soap.
#25
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My paternal grandmother made things from flour sacks. One of my aunt's told us a very funny story about her bloomer underwear that had the Robin Hood Flour logo printed on her behind. Sorry to say I never seen anything she made. Things wear out when you have sixteen children and out grown clothing is passed down to the next child. Thanks for the link.
#26
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I was born post-war. Reading these articles is very interesting. My husband lived on the farm, and he said they always had to wear feed sack shirts. I have a question------- A dress obviously takes more than one feed sack, so did the ladies hunt down the feed sacks they needed until they had enough for a dress??
#27
I was born post-war. Reading these articles is very interesting. My husband lived on the farm, and he said they always had to wear feed sack shirts. I have a question------- A dress obviously takes more than one feed sack, so did the ladies hunt down the feed sacks they needed until they had enough for a dress??
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