Depression Era Clothing
My 85 year old mom tells about wearing dresses made from feed sack material in the 1930s. People think that sounds terribly quaint, but it was quite common during the Great Depression. People bought chicken feed or flour in large bags of 50 to 100 pounds. These bags, made of cotton, became popular for sewing projects when the feed sacks went from plain white material to flowered, checked and plaids.
The photo shows my mom, Gail Lee Martin with her sister and two cousins. They're wearing their feed sack dresses, made by their mothers.
Feedsack Quilts
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Singer Sewing Machine and Feed Sack Material
Other Ways to Use Feedsack Material
Vintage Feed Sacks: Fabric from the Farm (Schiffer Books)
Over 500 color photographs illustrate fabulous patterns on beautiful feed, sugar, flour, potato, corn meal, salt, rice, and even bank and lead-shot bags. Also presented are examples of the aprons, tea towels, and bonnets commonly created from these pretty printed textiles. This colorful, entertaining, and useful book shares heartfelt reflections of life in the country and will appeal to quilters, crafters, and those with fond memories of farm life. Includes price guide and helpful hints on starting one's own feed sack collection.
Amazon Price: $21.86 (as of 12/08/2009) 
Fabulous Feedsack Quilts
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Home Decorating with Feedsack Prints (2068)
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Cotton Candy Quilts: Using Feedsacks, Vintage and Reproduction Fabrics
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Linda Dennis Presents Barnyard Animals, Feed Sack Art
Complete step-by-step instructions for painting on pre-screened Feed Sack panels and sewing the animals. Includes list of supplies, painting designs and full size sheep and rabbit patterns.
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More About Feed Sacks
- The Blushing Rose
- We are the largest purveyor of feedsacks on the internet, carrying over 1,500 plus on our website.
- America's Quilting History: Feed Sack Quilt History: Feedsacks, Frugal and Fun
- Quilt History - Feedsacks
- Read the First Chapter of The Feedsack Dress by Carolyn Mulford
- When Gail wears a pretty feedsack dress the first day of ninth grade in 1949, the mean queen makes nasty comments about poor country kids. Every time Gail wears her homemade dress, something awful happens. Her refusal to buckle and her defense of the mean queen's other targets earn Gail an unwanted honor, leader of a revolt against the ruling clique.
My Flint Hills Childhood (available from Blurb.com)
Other Feed Sack Stories
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Vintage Sewing Machines
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More Sites about Feedsack Material
- Collecting Feedsack Cloth
- at Quiter's Museum site
- Feedsacks: A Tradition of Recycling and Repurposing
- at Get Crafty.com
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