"White Collar Class" - Make and Mend - 1942 - Part 5

"It's a frame up to make you prettier"
Back by popular demand here's another installment from Make and Mend for Victory. The focus is on Vestees, Dickeys, and Collars. Some are just fabric, some are edged with crochet. Have fun...and remember it's all for the War Effort!

"Smart Headwork" - Make and Mend for Victory - 1942 - Part 4

"A ball of yarn, a scrap of felt, and you...looking like a fashion photo" More from Make and Mend, this time it's Hats. Fabric Hats, Crochet Hats, Felt Hats...with a few Bags and Collars!
Again this includes lots of instructions, but I wanted to help anybody who wanted to make these. And please come back and show us!

"You Have The Goods On Him" - Make and Mend - 1942 - Part 3

Here's some more from Make and Mend for Victory. This is a bit wordy, but if any of you want to actually repurpose a man's suit into a womans you'll need all the details. Remember you can click on any image twice to enlarge and then print it.

"The Shirt Off His Back" - Make and Mend -1942 - Part 2

More from Make and Mend, this time you can transform his old shirts into girls blouses, pajamas, childs dress, boys suit, a pinafore, a boys blouse and even a sunsuit and bonnet!

"Fortunately, you can be patriotic and pretty both" - Make and Mend - 1942

"It's up to you to keep the home fires burning, to see that you and your family stay easy-on-the-eyes. Fortunately, you can be patriotic and pretty both. It's easy to teach an old wardrobe new tricks, to resurrect the skeletons in your closet and bring them up to date. Come on, take those old knockabouts and turn them into knockouts, keep that glint in Uncle Sam's eye and still do your stint towards Victory!"
This is from a 1942 booklet called Make and Mend for Victory put out by The Spool Cotton Company...who was urging you to use J. & P. Coats-Clark's O.N.T. threads to re-do your wardrobe so you could help do your part for the war effort. The ideas are good ones that can work today...re-use clothes you have or find good thrift shop pieces and make use of some wonderful fabrics!