I lived through the great depression. Money was tight for most everyone and you made do with whatever you could dream up. Mom made sheets and pillowcases from the white feed sacks after bleaching out all of the lettering. When the window shades went bad, feed sacks were used for that, too. They were cut to fit, hemmed and rolled on the rollers. When they were soiled, they were taken off the roller, laundered, starched & ironed and rolled back on. Nothing went unused and was repurposed if at all possible. Those were the days. Lots of memories, some good, some bad. Just glad I became old enough to see the tremendous changes that have been made. Who would have thought that it could all happen.