Needlework Economies: A Book of Mending and Making with Oddments and Scraps
A Practical Guide to Mending, Refashioning, and Making with ScrapsBy Various
Length4h 5m
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*Needlework Economies: A Book of Mending and Making with Oddments and Scraps* is a practical yet culturally revealing manual devoted to extending the life of household textiles through repair, adaptation, and inventive reuse. Its projects transform remnants, worn garments, and otherwise negligible materials into useful and decorative objects, presenting economy not as deprivation but as a form of skilled creativity. The book's instructional prose, organized around clearly explained techniques and achievable applications, belongs to the tradition of domestic arts literature in which pattern, thrift, and moral usefulness converge. Read today, it also documents an earlier material culture attentive to labor, conservation, and the intelligent management of limited resources. Credited to various contributors, the volume reflects the collaborative character of needlework knowledge, which historically circulated through households, schools, magazines, charitable organizations, and women's craft networks. Its authors write from within a period when sewing was both an essential domestic competence and a recognized avenue for self-expression. The emphasis on oddments and scraps suggests a response to economic pressure and changing patterns of consumption, while also preserving the accumulated wisdom of makers who understood textiles intimately. This book will reward readers interested in textile history, vernacular design, sustainability, and the social history of domestic labor. It is equally valuable to contemporary makers seeking resourceful techniques and to scholars examining how thrift became an aesthetic and ethical principle. Its projects offer practical inspiration, while its larger vision invites reflection on the creativity embedded in everyday repair.
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GenreOther
Length4 hrs 5 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateNov 26, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Art of Paper-Making
2Preface.
3Part I. Dress Economies.
4The Brassiere.
5A Camisole Yoke of Embroidered Filet Net and Crochet.
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6A Pretty Camisole Yoke.
7To Re-sole Cashmere Stockings.
8Three Pretty Aprons.
9Utilizing Partly-Worn Garments.
10Collars for Cold Days.
11To Freshen a Last Season’s Jersey.
12The Use and Abuse of Gloves.
13A Knitted Hat.
14Fancy Tops for Socks and Stockings.
15Making a Child’s Overall from a Narrow Skirt.
16Re-footing made Easy.
17How to Re-heel a Worn Sock.
18Slippers you can Make.
19Mending a Man’s Shirt.
20Mending a Collar.
21The Wisdom of Preventive Mending.
22For Keeping out the Wind.
23An Apron you can make from a Summer Skirt.
24Knitting Your Own Woollen Spencers.
25A Child’s Knitted Petticoat.
26A Practical Way to Teach Girls Dressmaking.
27The Art of Blouse Making.
28Decorative Stitches for Children’s Clothes.
29Part II. Household Economies and Fancy Finishes.
30The Nursery Casement Curtain.
31The Advantage of Coloured Knitting Cottons.
32The Cynthia Knitted Stripe. Suitable for a Toilet Runner.
33The Economy Quilt.
34To Finish the Hems of Blankets.
35Doing up an Eiderdown.
36Patchwork Quilts.
37Repairing Table Linen.
38Mending a Sheet.
39A Patchwork Toilet Runner.
40Modern Bead Work.
41Crochet Ribbons for Underwear Beadings.
42Bead Fancies.
43Some Embroidery Stitches.
44Two Novel Bags.
45A Violet Handkerchief Sachet.
46A Rosebud Handkerchief Box.
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