The Flour Sack Dress Exchange Little Rock, Arkansas, 1933 Feed sack cotton was all cloth many had in '33. Patterns bright, fabric strong. Seamstress Ella Mae Johnson set a table on her porch A mannequin displaying a flour sack dress depicting life during the 1930s Great Depression Stock Photo Alamy Heroes, Heroines, and History: The History of Frugal Fashion Flair using Feed and Flour Sacks 3. Feedsacks and the Great Depression 1940s feedsack, novelty print, house dress, floral print, puff sleeves. During the Great Depression, poor Americans often repurposed flour sacks to sew clothes for girls and women. Thus, one company, Kansas Wheat, started making colorful and patterned sacks. : r Damnthatsinteresting