My grandfather's brother raised chickens back in the 1940s. I would go with my grandparents to visit them and my grandmother always brought back quite a few feed sacks. She would make dresses for my sisters and shirts for my brothers and me. I have about a dozen of those sacks in my stash. One of the materials I remember having a shirt made from. Brings back good memories. I also have the old Singer my grandmother did her sewing on. She could make anything. She'd get yesterday's newspaper and cut out a pattern for whatever dress my sisters saw that they wanted. One of my sisters has the same ability. Anyway, feed sacks, as we called them, were good. And, of course, I'm old (71), but enjoying this quilting thing