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TABLE OF CONTENTS

  • In the Basket:
    What You Need in Your Sewing Basket and How to Conserve What You Have
  • Life Extension:
    how to Mend and Patch
  • Fit For Anything:
    Alterations and Restyling
  • Variety Is the Spice of Life:
    • a. White Collar Class(Dickeys and Collars)
    • b. Smart headwork(Hats to make and remake)
    • c. Telling Trifles(Accessories from scraps of yarn, cotton and fabric)
  • Cutting Up In a Big Way:
    • a. How to Convert a man's suit into a woman's suit
    • b. Interesting Ways to Use Men's Shirts
    • c. Restyling Women's and Girls' Clothing
    • d. Making Attractive Clothes for Young Folks
  • How to Reclaim Used Wool
  • Suggestions for Easy Sewing
  • List of Materials

Title: Make and Mend for Victory: Book No. S-10
Author/Designer(s): not given
Format/Publication Date: Booklet:1942(3rd printing)
Publisher: The Spool Cotton Company, NY
Page Count: 50
Book Dimensions(ht. x w.): 10 1/2" x 7 1/2"
ISBN: None;

SUMMARY- This was part of a series of books that came out around WWII, when everything was being rationed, it seemed, and everyone was looking to economize.