This is from days back in my youth.
I can remember my mother sewing and making clothes. Take a light bulb to use when darnig holes in socks.
We were our own mechanic back then doing all types of auto repairs from replacing engines , rebuilding engines , engine parts replacements all that sort of stuff.
During the big2 agricultural feed stores use to ship out grains for livestock in cotton cloth bags that were imprinted with fancy designs to be used again for making clothing by the seamstress in the family.
I remember my dad replacing soles on shoes as he had this thing where you put the shoes on to work .
We lived on a farm with acreage and tillable land giving us food crops for fresh use and canning as well as poultry for eggs and meat.  livestock for meat processing as well as fresh milk daily and the excess to be used to make all sorts of dairy products like fresh cream , butter . buttermilk , cottage cheese.
Had an orchard having apples , pears , cherries. All that to be used fresh , dried or whatever. Had drop apples that were used to make a 50 gallon barrel of cider to be drank fresh or let to ferment. LOL. You also could let the cider barrell freeze some and siphon out the alchol from the center. LOL
Had a fair amount of woodlot to be used for our lumber needs as well as putting up about 8 or 10 cord of wood for winter heating and wood stove cooking.

May sound primitive to some people but had food , shelter , clothing and the warmth of a home.

Did not need much money although my dad made a fair amount from farm products to purchase what we needed like autos , farm equiptment ,entertainment , and other necessities.

What does 99% of the population have today. The dependence on a weekly job for everything mentioned above.