I was wondering how many of you have heard of feed sack dresses. My aunt use to make dresses from feed sacks. Now this was probably done in the 40`s or 50`s, I am guessing. I have been wanting to post about this for some time and just didn`t know how to go about it. I know my grandmother would make curtains and quilts for them to. I know when I was little and I would hear them talk about them, and I would picture the type of feed sacks we have now. I could not figure out how they would look. Then I got older and realized they where made from fabric. At our family reunion last summer my cousin Joyce had some really old aprons made from feeds sacks. She had planned on giving some of us one but I guess forgot. The other day I was going through some of my fabric. I came across some that my grandmother had given to me. It is old. I am going to ask my aunt if it was feed sack fabric. If it is I will try and post a pic. That is just about it. So if you have heard of the dresses or making anything out of the old feed sacks, let me know. I would love to hear about it.
I came across some info on feed sack fabric awhile back....
During the Depression, feed companies would sell their grains in pretty printed sacks to entice buyers to purchase their product....along the same lines as soap companies putting glassware (Depression glass) into their boxes. Mothers then would make tea towels, curtains, dresses for their homes and families. Some of these fabrics were quite pretty :o)
Joanne
My grandma told me about the tea towels when I was little, basically what Joanne posted was what she told me as well.
Several years ago they were selling some of the old vintage looking feed sacks at a store and girls were buying them up and making jumpers out of them for their daughters. I have also seen a company on the internet that makes them (and sells them for a pretty price might I add). They really make cute jumpers!
My grandma made all of her clothes and her daughter's clothes from feedsacks. She made quilts, towels, aprons and other things from the feed sacks. She also kept the string that was sewn in the feed sacks and she used it for quilting her quilts. She lived in a very depressed area and the feed sack fabric was the only fabric that she could get.
I think the feed sack fabric was 100% cotton fabric and it was very pretty. Grandma would buy her feed and flour according to the sacks.
I wish feed was still sold in the cloth sacks, we buy a lot of feed and I sew a lot.
maa's mom
I am a stay-at-home, Christian homeschooling mom. My husband and I have been married for 19 years. We have been blessed with three kids,ages 18, 10 and 8. We live on a family farm and have several animals. I`m just a simple farm gal, who loves her God, family, friends and life.
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During the Depression, feed companies would sell their grains in pretty printed sacks to entice buyers to purchase their product....along the same lines as soap companies putting glassware (Depression glass) into their boxes. Mothers then would make tea towels, curtains, dresses for their homes and families. Some of these fabrics were quite pretty :o)
Joanne