Sewing with Cotton Bags - Teens and Ladies Dresses- 1952 - Part 4

"Would you like to have a smart, new 'round -the-clock wardrobe? Undoubtedly, the answer is yes! And that wardrobe need not be just a daydream. Use your fashionable and thrifty cotton bags as the answer to fabric needs for a complete new wardrobe, fresh and crisp for every occasion."
I'm wondering how thrilled a teen gal would be to have a feed sack dress...but maybe it was a great thing!

Sewing with Cotton Bags - Kids Clothes- 1952 - Part 3

Today it's the Dresses Little Girls Love...and Cotton Bag Playmates. You have to think that most of these bags got made into kids clothes...you needed less and who wanted to show up at church in the dress you made from fertilizer bags? Especially since every other farm wife had a stash of those same bags at home?

Sewing with Cotton Bags - 1952 - Part 2

Today we see Sun Togs, Dresses you can made using 50 lb. feed bags, and Aprons!

Sewing with Cotton Bags - 1952

Take a look at this Pattern Service booklet "for sewing with Cotton Bags", put out by Simplicity and the National Cotton Council in 1952. Often called Feed Sacks, these were sold holding products in the hope that the wife would insist on hubby buying the same brand so she could get enough of any one print to actually make something.
"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.