http://carabaas.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] carabaas.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] vintageads2012-03-22 04:50 pm

[identity profile] hippiegal22.livejournal.com 2012-03-23 12:39 am (UTC)(link)
My Grandma told me that when she was a kid during the Depression you could always tell the families that were really struggling if the kids were running around in clothes made from potato sacks or even newspapers. Looks like someone did a ironic take on that.

But hey-it's great wearable pop art! :)

[identity profile] franklanguage.livejournal.com 2012-03-23 01:08 am (UTC)(link)
Some feed companies even sold grain in bags printed with calico and other patterns. I still have some from my grandmother's farm.

[identity profile] hippiegal22.livejournal.com 2012-03-23 03:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Hmmmm. Now I know. :)

[identity profile] pikkewyntjie.livejournal.com 2012-03-26 11:43 pm (UTC)(link)
They also used to sell flour in 25-lb. muslin sack that people would make into pillow cases. Somewhere I have some that my grandmother embroidered. Probably some were converted into items of clothing.