I the wartime baby of a widowed mum and making do and mending became second nature, it has been a blessing as we never had a lot of money but never felt poor. Stay out of debt, buy the best you can with cash and if you can't afford it then go without until you can. You will sleep a whole lot better at night than folk with massive credit card debts who have their houses repossessed.
My husband got me a reproduction copy of the "Make Do And Mend" booklet, and I adore it. I do much of my sewing with scraps of old clothes and such - right now I'm making a pillow with fabric scraps.
During the depression babies would sleep in drawers. But this was like a playpen. In another documentary I saw that while cloth was rationed tableclothes were not. Then they showed three girls in matching flower print dresses.
I the wartime baby of a widowed mum and making do and mending became second nature, it has been a blessing as we never had a lot of money but never felt poor. Stay out of debt, buy the best you can with cash and if you can't afford it then go without until you can. You will sleep a whole lot better at night than folk with massive credit card debts who have their houses repossessed.
suzannesadiiqa 1 month ago
My husband got me a reproduction copy of the "Make Do And Mend" booklet, and I adore it. I do much of my sewing with scraps of old clothes and such - right now I'm making a pillow with fabric scraps.
electrogeek77 1 year ago 6
During the depression babies would sleep in drawers. But this was like a playpen. In another documentary I saw that while cloth was rationed tableclothes were not. Then they showed three girls in matching flower print dresses.
rosrychaplet 1 year ago
Lol 'now baby, good behaviour PLEASE!'
Viveora 1 year ago
Lol this is quite funny despite being a war being on lol
miffygirl14 2 years ago
The baby's cot looks decidedly precarious.
A few movements and the baby will end up on the floor, perhaps landing on its head!
sisterelena 2 years ago