Make Do And Mend

From the collections of the Imperial War Museum "How to make-do-and-mend." An exhibition arranged by the Board of Trade in Harrods Store in London to show "substitution and conversion" economies includes a fashion display, with models wearing a patchwork dressing gown, a frock made from old plus-fours and an overcoat borrowed from a husband. Less elegant but no less practical is an improvised cot, a sack stretched between two chairs

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[electrogeek77]

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.

[Viveora]

Lol 'now baby, good behaviour PLEASE!'

[suzannesadiiqa]

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.

[rosrychaplet]

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.

[miffygirl14]

Lol this is quite funny despite being a war being on lol

[sisterelena]

The baby's cot looks decidedly precarious.

A few movements and the baby will end up on the floor, perhaps landing on its head!