The Belgian flour sacks I saw were white, with the embroidery on them. The pre and post war USA flour sacks that the common people bought their flour in were pretty printed cotton fabrics. People made their own bread and used lots of flour. With careful buying, a family could acquire several sacks with the same print. As a child, some of my favorite dresses were made from flour sack materials. My grandmother's kitchen curtains were also from flour sacks. The printed fabric looked just like fabric from the store.
The underwear that was embarrassing was made from white flour sacks with Smith Premium Flour or such words on it that would not wash out. A child did not want Premium across his rear. It told anyone who saw it that the family didn't have money to buy new fabric for underwear. The flour sack clothes would have been nicer if they had had lace on them. Alice in Oregon -- getting ready for lace meeting tonight ________________________________ From: Liz and Ken Roberts <lizke...@netscape.net> My mom (now deceased) told me when she was young the girls in her family had underwear made from flower sacks. She didn't say if they were embroidered or not. There were 9 kids in the family and feeding and clothing them all was not cheap. I gathered flour sack underwear was not stylish and she was embarrassed when the other girls in school discovered this. Liz in Missouri To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
