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Eva Sulkosky 97-4-72) House #113

I. Kitchen curtains made of 100 lb. feed bags.

II. Flour bags (white colored) were made into
petticoats, aprons, dresses for children, shirts
for men (referred to as jackets). They were
bleached white and sewed into the proper
fit. Petticoats got a border of lace
crocheted into them, along the bottom.

III. The kitchen curtains made of feed bags,
already had a colored design on them, and
therefore all that needed to be done was
to wash them & then sew them up to the
specific dimensions.

IV. Many times when feed bags were needed
to make curtains or other fabric goods, the
women would go to the feed mill & purchase
the bags from the mill. The cost was
25 cents per bag, at the beginning--then rose
to 30 cents per bag.

V. Eva believes it may be possible that the
bags had a design on them so as to
make them more attractive for sale. That
is, the feed was used, & the bags could
then be used for cloth goods. This gave
the feed a more economically attractive
flavor.

VI. "Sears Soda Flour" was the favorite flour
sack used for making cloth goods--the sacks
had a picture of a little girl bending over
with her "bottom" sticking out. This was
bleached out & the material was whitened