I'm a mid 40 girl and I remember mom making my undies out flour sacks,can remember going to the store that had everything in it , a general store I guess u would call it.But I would be able to pick put the sack of flour I liked. I can remember washing the flour out of the sacks , seam like I could never get it all out, bet mom did tho. I also remember waiting for every for her to get all the flour used up out of that 50lb sack .She took old wool coats to make blankets out of. She would make her own patterns out of paper.I got to use my brothers and dads old sock to make my doll clothes out of. I learned to sew on a treadle machine.
I can remember her milking the goat in the corner of the house, so i'm thinking she must of used the milk to cook with and for us to drink. My dad would go out with the team of horse and make plup wood to sell and fire wood to sell.