I was born in 1944. My mom always called them the "dirty 30's." This part of the country was in the dust bowl. They would stuff rags in window and door cracks to try to keep the dust out of the house, but Mom said everything was covered in it. She never mentioned where her clothes came from. She lost her mother in '34 and her dad in '36. She pretty much raised herself and took over the household. She cooked, etc. for her 4 older brothers. Mom was not a sewer, but she was great at crochet and embroidery. The only thing I remember her making was aprons.
My grandmother had flour sack dresses. She never threw anything away. She died about 1965 and I wish I had kept those dresses. She taught me how to sew when I was 12. I still have scraps of that fabric. I also have some blocks I hand sewed together when I was a child. I thing those might be 30's fabrics. They came from old cotton clothes.
From the stories my mom told, I'm glad I did not grow up in the 30's. The 40's and 50's were a great time.