Originally Posted by Cathie_R
Originally Posted by Gal
Love your fabric finds, what is a feedsack please?
Gal
I am not sure when this started; I think 30's. Farm wives would buy chicken feed in these pretty cloth bags. When they had enough of one pattern they would make clothes, curtains, etc. from them. I'm sure a lot of people on this board wore clothes made from feed sacks and you see a lot of the fabric in vintage quilts. (If this is not correct someone will surely correct me).
I remember the flour sacks. My gram bought flour that way and she would save them. I think I was about 6 years old and Gram made me a dress using two different sacks. One was green with tiny flowers and the other was yellow with tiny flowers. That was ages ago. Aren't thrift stores neat for treasure hunts? Great find for you.