Make Do and Mend: Keeping Family and Home Afloat on War Rations (Official Wwii Info Reproductns) |
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Foreword by Jill Norman
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Pages: 160 (Hardcover)
ISBN: 1843172658
Pub: Michael O'Mara
Pub date: 2007-09-06
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 26591
Reader Reviews:
My mantra for 2008 Make Do and Mend (3/3 people found this helpful)
In the current financial climate of negative equity and rising prices, we all need to make do and mend. There really is no need to keep buying new stuff when there is a bit of life left in something older and this books will help you.
Featuring reproductions of wartime pamphlets, some of the print quality is not perfect. A little sewing experience would be a good thing, but not vital.
In the war years fabric, ready made clothes were rationed and in short supply, and so was cash! So if you had a good dress but needed a larger one, this book tells you how to insert strips of fabric to bring new life to old garments.
We can buy cheap clothes nowadays but there is great satisfaction in "make do and mend" and reducing waste and, anyway, it is fun reading this book.
A Delight! (19/22 people found this helpful)
I purchased this after seeing it on BBC Breakfast news - its just lovely.
Has such an old fashioned feel but the information is as relevant today as it was back then.
Will make a lovely Xmas gift for older relatives.
Very good value for money - its full colour!
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