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Flour sack dress
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I remember hearing of “flour sack dresses” ever since my youth in the 1950s. But I recently discovered through rummaging the Internet that my concept of what the term meant was totally in error. I …
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The iconic Gunne Sax dress was named after a slang term for a feedsack! Commodity textile bags—more often called gunny, feed, or flour sacks—were used to make clothes during the first half of the 20th century. The company name played off a version of that burlap bag.
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Carnegie Library Historical Museum, Roseville Picture: A reminder of the days when moms made dresses from flour sacks. - Check out Tripadvisor members' 16 candid photos and videos of Carnegie Library Historical Museum
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I wanted to save some of my mother's memories of wearing feedsack dresses back in the 1930s. Feedsack fabric was turned into quilts, curtains and other useful items. It's popular with collectors now.
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Little Brown Dress Burlap Bag Potato Sack Dress Original WonderArtStudio Wearable Coffee Flour Jen brown2015
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“In 1939, Kansas Wheat realized women were using their sacks to make clothes for their children, so the mills started using flowered fabric for their sacks so the kids would have pretty clothes. The label was printed with a dye that would wash out with soap & water.”
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Potato Boutique: Yet Another Potato Sack Dress
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