A little history of flour sacks
 

http://www.littlethings.com/flour-sa..._campaign=misc

I found this article and thought it was interesting.
My grandmother used old flour sacks and feed sacks to
make aprons, placemats and quilts when I was little. I still
have pieces of a Grandmothers Garden quilt that she started
in the '30s.

i have several quilt tops that my gramma made w mostly feedsack fabric. i now have a large collection of flour, feed & sugar sacks. some still stitched. i love the bright colors & awsome floral & art deco designs. thanks for the link, always enjoy reading more history about this interesting fabric.

...I have been told women made things out of the silk used in the parachutes used n WW II.......and women's suits out of men's suits - skirts from the trousers and re- tailoring the jacket.....that must have been a bear to do.....also sewed sequins onto men's ties and used on women's tailored blouses......that must have been interesting......

I just read the article; btw thanks for sharing. All the way down to the end about the rationing. I have my mother's first cookbook with a piece of cloth she used for a book marker for her favorite pie dough recipe. Its' tattered but maybe part of a flour sack.

A nice article and also the Little Things site is an awesome place with lots of things to enjoy. TFS
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My great Aunt who introduced me to quilting had feed sacks too.

A lot of my little dresses were made of sacks that flour, sugar and chicken feed came in. My DM used them in quilting and making dish towels.

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??

Yes, indeed they did. My mom often went with my dad to buy feed so she could decide which prints she liked best and my father often complained that he had to move about a ton of feed to get matching sacks for her!

I was born in 1945 so I have no recollection of that period. But the article was very interesting.