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Make Do and Mend Projects: Intro Upcycling, 1940s Make Do And Mend, 1940s Crafts, Trad Fashion, Ww2 Fashion, Wwii Fashion, 1940s Hollywood, Historical Sewing, Fashion 1940s

This month's theme is all about being content with what you have, and what better way to tangibly express that than to have a make do and mend project? It doesn't get any better than that! Whether through necessity because of a lack of finances or fabric rations, women back in the day made it a habit of altering the clothing they already had to make it feel fresh and new again. To me, this is a lost art! How many times, before discovering vintage, did I throw out a garment because it got a…

Fashion on the Ration: Make Do and Mend - GREEN ISSUES BY AGY Upcycling, Warm Winter Dresses, Social Studies Education, Mending Clothes, 1950 Fashion, Historical Fiction Novels, Make Do And Mend, Make Do, Easy Living

My friend, CL, had popped over to the UK to attend a conference in April and casually asked, "Would you like anything?" I was thinking of very nice teas and their buttery cakes, and of course Jaffa cakes. So when she got back, I was pleasantly surprised (okay, I was OVER the moon) when I received the Make do and Mend booklet that I had seen circulating in the British mending space. Even though it's a reproduction, it does give some insights as to how people lived during the 1940s and how the…