Originally published in 1943, this WWII wartime booklet contains a number of sewing projects for clothing conservation.
You are the thrifty housewives who recognize the warmth and the comfort still to be found in the outmoded and outgrown clothes lying dormant in your wardrobes, who snip and stitch and seam to create sturdy snow suits of old summer coats... who recut a sweater as a warm and wooly cardigan... who revamp a plaid skirt as a happy school jumper.
Many of you are already playing an important part in clothing conservation. To aid you further, this sewing guide has been planned -- to show you tested ways of bringing new life to outmoded clothes. The material has been selected after many experiments in remaking. The "cast-off's" illustrated are to be found, in most cases, right in your own clothes cupboard.
Contents Covered:
- Basic Principles as Applied to Remakes
- Underwear!
- A Few Suggestions Regarding the Handling and Finishing of Knitted Fabrics
- Other Good Uses for Discarded Knitted Garments
- Our Hope for the Future, the Babies of Today
- Need Sleepers? And More Sleepers?
- Nightgowns and Pyjamas, Dressing Gowns
- Proud as a Peacock! The Tale of a Shirt!
- Who's Afraid of a Big, Bad Storm?
- Trousers Short! Trousers Long!
- More Shirt Tales, Another Miracle
- Suits from Trousers! Suits from Coats!
- Yes! It Can Be Done, Lady's Suit Becomes Boy's Jacket!
- One Pattern, Three Dresses
- Cut Your Garment According to Your Cloth!
- The Last Word... in Smartness
- Lady's Suit from Man's Suit, This is How It's Done!
Format: | PDF Digital Reprint, e-Facsimile |
No. of Pages: | 33 |
Page Size: | A4 (210mm × 297mm) |
Download Size: | 2.0 MB |