I didn't come along until '57, but my mom made my older sister & I play cloths from feed sacks that my Grandma had from either cow or chicken feed. Grandma had dish towels, aprins & kitchen table cloths made from feed sacks. Grandma didn't quilt but did her sewing on a tredle singer. My sister has that machine. Grandma did save some feed sacks & gave them to my mom who divided them up between my younger sister & myself. What I got is the ugliest green print. So it sits in my stash. Don't know what I'd do with it yet.