Originally Posted by Darli

WOW! The find of feed sacks motivated me to join this forum.
Growing up, my sister and I had many dresses home sewn by our Mother.Sometime after our first years of wearing feedsack clothing, Mom went to work at Bemis Brothers Bag factory in St. Louis.( We lived just across the Mississippi River in rural St. Clair/Monroe counties in Illinois.)As time evolved I married and made my own two daughters and son clothing from feedsacks.Through Moms employment at Bemis I had a good source of bag 'seconds' for turning into clothing for all of us.(Also called flour sacks,as it was not uncommon for flour to come in 100# sacks in the days of big families.We had a family of eight and lived in the country--it was not as convenient to get to town as it is today!I am a thrift store shopper and would love to find a treasure as you did.Not sure about the holes, that is a new on for me. Thanks for the memories!