I have several bags that I bought at an estate sale. They are a very heavy vintage fabric, several of the same exact fabrics, that are sewn with a shiny, heavy thread in a double loop stitching as if to hold a heavy weight. I don't know if these are feed sacks or not since I have never seen any before. Any info is much appreciated.

It sure sounds like they are feed sacks. Coarse ground corn was packaed that way since the Farmer's wife was generally the one who tended the chicks. It was a clever marketing strategy to get her to buy their brand.

Sounds like feed sack to me. In the day, farmers usually bought multiple sacks of identical material at one time so there would be enough to make dresses for girls and shirts for boys. I can still remember the thrill of going to the feed store with my granddad and getting to pick out material for granny to make me a dress. Thanks for the memory.

That sounds like my dear aunt's feed sacks.

check with the Feedsack Club

I remember walking to town with my Grandma, and I was the keeper of the feed sack to be matched. I proudly carried it over my arm, since it had been washed and ironed. I got to hunt for a match in the dusty store room in back while Grandma talked to her friends, who also sent kids in for a match. Then she would have one of my uncles to come and take it, and us home. After the cracked corn was out of the sack, it could be opened by grabbing one certain string and it almost unzipped itself. At that time there were no zippers, but it did open rapidly.

I still remember my very favorite one, it had little red feathers in it. And I got to wear it till I outgrew it and then was forced to give it to a younger cousin.

Sometimes feuds would break out when one woman with malice aforethought got the last of one pattern she knew her enemy wanted badly. Some times the catty talk got so bad little kids were sent home alone. Of course the older women wanted to hear all about it!!

OMGosh... what wonderful stories. Yes, I saved from cutting he sewn edges off of a couple of them and will try to pull the one string to see if it works. I am using pieces of these form my charm quilt pieces. I am working on an 800 piece apple core quilt at this time and have been collecting scraps for months for this. I just love spring and estate time sale. thanks so much ladies.

Well, they are most definitely feedsacks after closer examination and comparison with some sources online. I got 16 sugar and/or flour bags for 1.00. I think I did OK. Now ... to find more

Post some photos and we will be able to tell you quickly.

Feedsacks came in various sizes and colors.

I"m old enough to remember going with parents to buy chicken feed and getting to pick out the one I wanted clothes from, it was a special treat!!

Would love to see a pic. I love feed sacks :D

Ok, here are some pics I took of the feed sacks. One of them you will notice ran out of one color of a certain design and therefore they substituted a piece from the same design of bag with a different color. I feel this is good evidence that there were different colors of the same designs as we see today. I also have to add what confused me was that there were no drawstrings that I was looking for to identify them as feedsacks. Again: The bag I bought said, UNFINISHED BAGS: $1.00

Where do I find the feedsack club? thanks

Oh how cute!! :D:D
Thanks for the pics !!

Those are very pretty feedsacks! They bring back memories that will never be again. When cleaning out my Great Aunt's house I found a dresser with drawers full of feedsacks. My grandmother said many she remembered from when she was a child. This was about the time the feedsack frenzy had struck the quilt world and original feedsacks were selling at crazy high prices. I sold them all except a few of the oldest ones I had framed for my two DDs to have, to a textile collector (her house looked more like a fabric hoarder to me) That lady offered me a fortune for all of them. She had to have them. I have no idea what she ever did with any. I moved away from the area years ago.