Feed sacks ideas

You don't have to toss those empty pet food bags! Check out these amazing feed sack crafts, and turn that empty sack into something super awesome.

If you have animals to feed on a small scale like us, then you need a way to reuse feed bags instead of tossing them. Here are some ideas...

I may be losing it a little with this project, or so my daughter has told me. I saw a tote like this at a fair one time and when my other d...

Share the HomesteadOne day as we were feeding all our animals, I looked at the pile of empty feed bags and thought, “we can’t just throw all these away! There has got to be some way we can reuse them!” I just knew that there had to be something we could do with them, rather […]

Looking for burlap sack uses? If you have some burlap sacks lying around and just don't know what to do with them, I have some ideas.

Make a feed sack tote bag with this step by step tutorial with photos. It's a great upcycle and perfect sewing project for beginners.

As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. All opinions are my own. Please see FCC disclosure for full information. Thank you for supporting this site! The internet is full of great ideas for upcycling feed bags - in fact, I posted links to my favorite ideas last year. But recently, when I posted a photo on Facebook and Instagram of an upcycled feed sack grocery bag I'd made, a lot of people had questions. So perhaps I have something to offer on the subject that hadn't been…

Before you toss out these everyday items, check out the many ways you can re-use them.

When I first started writing about feed sacks, I had a tiny stack of 12 of them and promised myself I wouldn’t get more. As a fellow fabric lover, I’m sure you know how well that went. Though my interest initially was about the culture and economics of the feed sack era, it wasn’t long before I was sucked in by the colors and tens of thousands of different patterns. What was once a tiny pile in my sewing room has grown to fill six shelves. And there’s no end in sight.