Needlework Economies: A Book of Mending and Making with Oddments and Scraps
By Various
Length3h 56m
About this audiobook
War is a hard, stern teacher, and its lessons are bitter in the learning; yet some of its teaching we badly needed—and not the least important of its many lessons is the one it inculcated on the criminality of waste. To so many of us "waste" was a word with a comparative meaning. What was waste in one woman was not necessarily waste in another, we argued. It was wrong for the factory girl to let her skirts drop off her for lack of mending; but not wrong for better-off women to discard their clothes directly they showed the least sign of wear, because they could afford to buy more, we said; and, besides, it made it good for trade—that was a favorite argument used by the extravagant to excuse their wanton waste. But we have all learnt the value of economy of recent years: and we have seen how the saving and thrift of individuals may mean the salvation of the State. It will be a long time before we can ever return to that condition of easy-going plenty that we knew before the war. In any case the cost of all commodities will remain higher in price. The woman who can utilize oddments and make things with her own hands is the woman who will be making money, as she will be supplying one of the most expensive items of modern times—personal labor. The hints in this book are intended as suggestions, which can be developed in many new directions.
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Length3 hrs 56 mins
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Publish dateNov 26, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Preface.
24A Child’s Knitted Petticoat.
2Part I. Dress Economies.
25A Practical Way to Teach Girls Dressmaking.
3The Brassiere.
26The Art of Blouse Making.
4A Camisole Yoke of Embroidered Filet Net and Crochet.
27Decorative Stitches for Children’s Clothes.
5A Pretty Camisole Yoke.
28Part II. Household Economies and Fancy Finishes.
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6To Re-sole Cashmere Stockings.
29The Nursery Casement Curtain.
7Three Pretty Aprons.
30The Advantage of Coloured Knitting Cottons.
8Utilizing Partly-Worn Garments.
31The Cynthia Knitted Stripe. Suitable for a Toilet Runner.
9Collars for Cold Days.
32The Economy Quilt.
10To Freshen a Last Season’s Jersey.
33To Finish the Hems of Blankets.
11The Use and Abuse of Gloves.
34Doing up an Eiderdown.
12A Knitted Hat.
35Patchwork Quilts.
13Fancy Tops for Socks and Stockings.
36Repairing Table Linen.
14Making a Child’s Overall from a Narrow Skirt.
37Mending a Sheet.
15Re-footing made Easy.
38A Patchwork Toilet Runner.
16How to Re-heel a Worn Sock.
39Modern Bead Work.
17Slippers you can Make.
40Crochet Ribbons for Underwear Beadings.
18Mending a Man’s Shirt.
41Bead Fancies.
19Mending a Collar.
42Some Embroidery Stitches.
20The Wisdom of Preventive Mending.
43Two Novel Bags.
21For Keeping out the Wind.
44A Violet Handkerchief Sachet.
22An Apron you can make from a Summer Skirt.
45A Rosebud Handkerchief Box.
23Knitting Your Own Woollen Spencers.
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