Originally Posted by quilting librarian

I looked at the four in question for selvages (don't see any but would I know what selvages on fabric that old looks like?) and on two of them I can almost see and definitely feel where the holes are. The other two I can't. One does have a piece of a label caught in the frayed edges - it has white background and pieces of two large black letters.

Originally Posted by Cathie_R

I am not sure when this started; I think 30's. Farm wives would buy chicken feed in these pretty cloth bags. When they had enough of one pattern they would make clothes, curtains, etc. from them. I'm sure a lot of people on this board wore clothes made from feed sacks and you see a lot of the fabric in vintage quilts. (If this is not correct someone will surely correct me).

Originally Posted by skydiver70

Feedsack cloth is a what Mama used to make my clothes from when I was young. We would have a "peddling truck" come by our community almost every week. That was the only way we had to get groceries and other items we needed. Sometimes we would sell our eggs to them or swap the eggs for items we needed. They carried feed (chicken and cow feed) in these sacks. Like the other person said, they came in different patterns and colors. Mama would try to get enough of each pattern and color to make our clothes. When I was in the 6th grade, she made me a dress that I thought was the most beautiful dress I had ever seen. "All from feedsacks" I still have some of the feedsacks from way back then. The fabric lasts forever.