1930s style princess seamed dress with tabs and shaped collar for American Girl Dolls

During the Depression feed bag manufacturers were desparate to increase sales. Focusing on women, rather than the men who usually purchased feed, they began a brillant marketing campaign when they introduced feed bags made from dress-quality fabric.

Brand competion was fierce, as women scoured general stores to find matching sacks. One sack produced about a yard of fabric. The average womens dress required roughly three yards, thus three bags of feed.

Reproduction feedsack fabric is very popular and available at most local fabric stores. Pick something in your doll’s favorite color and sew up a little piece of history tonight