"Though your husband has been buying farm commodities in cotton bags and you have been sewing with them for years, it's possible that neither of you has realized what a bargain you are getting....And cotton bag fabrics this year are more beautiful than ever. There are smart plaids, florals, stripes, checks, modern designs, polka dots and conversational prints adaptable to a host of sewing needs...Dress print fertilizer bags have joined the fashion parade. And do you realize that with a ton of fertilizer, cotton containers bring you more than 20 yards of re-usable fabric?"
These patterns each list how many sacks you'd need to make the outfit. More tomorrow!
"Cover Dress- a smart design in crisp cotton bag fabric. Simplicity 3704 (35¢), sizes 12-20, 40. Size 14 can be made from 3 bags, 40 x 46.
Wow! My mind is blown. I knew that women sewed garments from feed sacks, but I had no idea that it was promoted in this way. And as late as '52! Double wow!
ReplyDeleteYeah, I was surprised at the date too. I know in quilting feed sacks were used, but I always thought they were a thirties thing. Who knew?
ReplyDeleteI can’t believe this that its too. With wonderful design & it’s many uses.
ReplyDelete. Its really able to like for everyone
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It's true - i think of feedsacks as mainly a '30s and '40s thing, but here's another edition of the same booklet a year later, in 1953: http://whatbelongstoafripperie.blogspot.com/2011/05/feedsack-envy.html
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