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Flour Sacks Denise in NH 08-15-2008
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Posted by Val on August 16, 2008, 11:09 am



> I'm not sure if anyone out there still sells flour in cloth flour sacks,
> but
> about 15 years ago when I traveled from the remote Eskimo village I was
> living in to another for a school trip, we went to the local village
> "store"
> to get a few snacks. I was very surprised to see that their 25 lb bags of
> flour were in cloth flour sacks. There was no brand on the sacks if I
> remember correctly, since I did look, because I wanted to know who still
> sold it that way. Would be really curious to know.
>
> Steven
> Alaska
>

Up until about 10 years ago Stafford County Flour Mills in Kansas still
packed their flour in cloth sacks. The Jersey cow was their logo on the bag.
It was called Hudson's Cream flour. When I lived in Montana I used to go
into Canada to a grocery store named Overwaitea where I got the best bread
flour ever. It was packed in 25lb and 50lb cloth bags. That was almost 20
years ago but I have no idea if any Canadian mills still use cloth bags. Be
interesting to find out.....any of our neighbor's to the north out there
know? War Eagle Mills, up until just a few years ago, still had their flours
in cloth sacks. I used to be able to get WEM flour in Seattle but the store
that used to carry it doesn't anymore. I looked on their website and I can't
really tell if they still do or if the paper sacks are just printed with the
old cloth patterns.

Val



Posted by Pati C. on August 16, 2008, 11:45 am


I have recently seen flour in printed cloth sacks at the grocery store
here. Also a lot of Mexican flour comes in cloth sacks. <G>

Pati, in Phx

Val wrote:
>> I'm not sure if anyone out there still sells flour in cloth flour sacks,
>> but
>> about 15 years ago when I traveled from the remote Eskimo village I was
>> living in to another for a school trip, we went to the local village
>> "store"
>> to get a few snacks. I was very surprised to see that their 25 lb bags of
>> flour were in cloth flour sacks. There was no brand on the sacks if I
>> remember correctly, since I did look, because I wanted to know who still
>> sold it that way. Would be really curious to know.
>>
>> Steven
>> Alaska
>>
>
> Up until about 10 years ago Stafford County Flour Mills in Kansas still
> packed their flour in cloth sacks. The Jersey cow was their logo on the bag.
> It was called Hudson's Cream flour. When I lived in Montana I used to go
> into Canada to a grocery store named Overwaitea where I got the best bread
> flour ever. It was packed in 25lb and 50lb cloth bags. That was almost 20
> years ago but I have no idea if any Canadian mills still use cloth bags. Be
> interesting to find out.....any of our neighbor's to the north out there
> know? War Eagle Mills, up until just a few years ago, still had their flours
> in cloth sacks. I used to be able to get WEM flour in Seattle but the store
> that used to carry it doesn't anymore. I looked on their website and I can't
> really tell if they still do or if the paper sacks are just printed with the
> old cloth patterns.
>
> Val
>
>

Posted by Sandy Ellison on August 16, 2008, 2:13 pm


Howdy!

flour in cloth bags:
http://www.noramill.com/store/index.php?cPath=23

This place is selling the fabric bags, in bulk;

http://tinyurl.com/56zrjb

We often see food goods sold in fabric sacks at import shops,
esp. products hecho en Mexico. The coarse fabrics are good
for curtains, hand towels, placemats, as well as for quilts.
I backed a sack top w/ muslin, then added batting & back; holds up well.

R/Sandy


On 8/15/08 10:31 PM, in article
oJudnS8wi76H1zvVnZ2dnUVZ_ovinZ2d@posted.gcicommunications, "steve"

> I'm not sure if anyone out there still sells flour in cloth flour sacks, but
> about 15 years ago when I traveled from the remote Eskimo village I was
> living in to another for a school trip, we went to the local village "store"
> to get a few snacks. I was very surprised to see that their 25 lb bags of
> flour were in cloth flour sacks. There was no brand on the sacks if I
> remember correctly, since I did look, because I wanted to know who still
> sold it that way. Would be really curious to know.
>
> Steven
> Alaska
>
>
> My s-i-l in Blue Earth, MN just sent me an assortment of flour sack
> material that she was given from the estate of an elderly friend who
> recently passed away. There are florals, stripes and plaids.
>
> It's a fairly coarse woven material that I don't think would feel
> appropriate in a quilt. So what did they use the material for? Towels,
> curtains, etc.?
>
> Have any of you made anything cute with flour sacks? I'd like to make
> something to send back to my s-i-l, who doesn't sew. Each piece is
> approx. 36"x46".
>
> Denise
>
>


Posted by Kay Ahr on August 15, 2008, 11:58 pm


My mom made me clothes out of feedsacks -- shorts, skirts. Scraps from the
clothing ended up in a quilt. I think my Great-Aunt Margaret also made
aprons.

I always thought it was cool that my mom made clothes for me. I had both
store-bought and "homemade." Sure can't recall being teased about it, but I
wouldn't have paid any attention to somebody who talked like that anyway.

--
Kay Ahr in NV
http://community.webshots.com/user/kayahr
to respond to me directly, remove "WESTHI" from the email address



> My s-i-l in Blue Earth, MN just sent me an assortment of flour sack
> material that she was given from the estate of an elderly friend who
> recently passed away. There are florals, stripes and plaids.
>
> It's a fairly coarse woven material that I don't think would feel
> appropriate in a quilt. So what did they use the material for? Towels,
> curtains, etc.?
>
> Have any of you made anything cute with flour sacks? I'd like to make
> something to send back to my s-i-l, who doesn't sew. Each piece is
> approx. 36"x46".
>
> Denise
>
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Posted by Donna in Idaho on August 16, 2008, 10:36 am


I had feedsack dresses when I was a little kid. That was during WWII, so
you made clothes out of what was available. Since everyone made clothes
from the feedsacks there was no reason for teasing.

Donna in SW Idaho

> My mom made me clothes out of feedsacks -- shorts, skirts. Scraps from
> the clothing ended up in a quilt. I think my Great-Aunt Margaret also
> made aprons.
>
> I always thought it was cool that my mom made clothes for me. I had both
> store-bought and "homemade." Sure can't recall being teased about it, but
> I wouldn't have paid any attention to somebody who talked like that
> anyway.
>
> --
> Kay Ahr in NV
> http://community.webshots.com/user/kayahr
> to respond to me directly, remove "WESTHI" from the email address
>



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