Originally Posted by
Sandra in Minnesota
I was born post-war. Reading these articles is very interesting. My husband lived on the farm, and he said they always had to wear feed sack shirts. I have a question------- A dress obviously takes more than one feed sack, so did the ladies hunt down the feed sacks they needed until they had enough for a dress??
My DF owned a country general store. My DM would go to the warehouse with him when he stocked the store and chose all her household flour, sugar and chicken feed sacks for her sewing and quilting. She also helped him choose the ones for the store she thought other sewers and quilters would like.