I was sick last week and didn't post much but Sue and I texted after the Hankie Holder post (here).
Sue was inclined to believe the trouser bags actually were for shoes. Hey Sue...
A simple draw string makes all the difference and here on Etsy there was this piece:
Sue also sent a photo of her Hankie bag:
Sue also sent photos of her Romper Sewing Bags. These were popular in the 1930s and 1940s...patterns are sometimes featured in modern books.
1932:
One of Sue's:
Patterns were often swapped or shared during the Depression. Here's a 1935 blurb from a newspaper in Nebraska. It also relays the value of feedsacks (and the importance of the condition) during this time:
Also from Sue:
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I happen to be in love with these Romper Sewing kits and wrote a post about them here. and if you wish you had one, check Etsy. The sewing kits are often listed incorrectly as "vintage romper clothespin bags".
I love this particular image that Sue shared because the idea of a "Busy Liz" is so whimsical! 😃
Wishing you a safe and happy day!
What a delightful post chock full of interesting tidbits about a stitched item I'd never heard of! My grandmothers had interestingly shaped bags like these to hold clothes pins, but not for hose or panties. The older grandmother had a larger cloth "holder" for newspapers/religious material that she had embroidered flowers on when she was 12. It was hung in the back porch. Thank you Michele, for putting together such an interesting post!
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