37 Feed + Flour Sack Dresses ideas | feed sacks, sack dress, sack

an old sewing pattern for a woman's dress, with the words sew easy with cotton bags

Feedsacks Feedsack Fabric, Fuzzylizzie Vintage

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Feed Sack Dress

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Photos: Retro Summer Style

Before there were duct tape dresses, there were feed sack dresses. Thrifty Patsy McCoy from Shelbyville, Tenn., used feed sacks gathered on her father’s farm to create these stunning designs, featured in the July 20, 1947 issue of Parade.

the collage shows different types of fabric with arrows and flowers on them, including an arrow

The fabric of my life

When I was a kid, feed, flour and sugar came in sacks made of fabric, which mother reused to make my dresses. It was a big deal to pick out the sack you wanted for a dress when daddy bought feed.

1949 Ken-Print Flour and Feed sack dresses -

1949 Ken-Print Flour and Feed sack dresses

four women standing next to each other in front of a house with trees and bushes

Colorized

A Colorized Look at 1930s Flour Sack Fashion

Colorized

A Colorized Look at 1930s Flour Sack Fashion

an old black and white photo of a woman standing next to a wooden wagon with wheels

Make Do: Feed-Sack Fashion in the First Half of the Twentieth Century

Make Do: Feed-Sack Fashion in the First Half of the Twentieth Century

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Bringing the Famous Flour Sack Dresses Back to the Future

At Mary’s Kitchen, we pride ourselves on living up to the illustrious history of the flour sack towel. It is from humble beginnings that we get these high-quality tea towels that so many people enjoy for so many reasons. We can honor the original decorative elements that made this commodity cotton so popular among moth

Bringing the Famous Flour Sack Dresses Back to the Future

At Mary’s Kitchen, we pride ourselves on living up to the illustrious history of the flour sack towel. It is from humble beginnings that we get these high-quality tea towels that so many people enjoy for so many reasons.