Sew and Save

by Joanna Chase

An excellent, nostalgic gift from a bygone era when hard times were no excuse for shabby dressing. Contains practical tips to repair and improve clothes to save money.

Travel back to the forties when a war-torn Europe was still no excuse to dress shabbily and the one thing you didn't ration was fashion. In this exclusive reproduction of a genuine archive copy, retro domestic goddess Joanna Chase prescribes ways to avoid fashion fauz pax in money-tight scenarios - whether the cause is a lack of coupons - or a credit crunch.

In this book you will learn:
o How to make the most out of every last inch of fabric
o How to transform old skirts into brand spanking new outfits
o How to make clothes out of old furnishings
o How to turn your old dresses into ones that fit for your children
o How to plan a whole families wardrobe in demand

With this book, repackaged in a charming, nostalgic cover, as much a fashion accessory as a practical advice guide, you will learn all this and much much more.

Uniform with this guide: Food Facts for the Kitchen Front o Make your Garden Feed You o The archive collection- because good advice never goes out of date.

• ISBN13: 9780007372041
• Publish Date: 8 July 2010 (first published 30 April 2009)
• Publish Status: Permanently Withdrawn
• Out of Print: 21 April 2022
• Publish Country: GB
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Imprint: HarperPress
• Format: eBook (EPUB)
• Pages: 128
• Language: English
• URL: http://harpercollins.co.uk

Reviews

[wyvernfriend]

Quite a useful little reproduction of a 1941 book on how to make ends meet and how to stretch your budget. Includes a few gems like how to copy an existing garment and how to make a variety of garments. Still useful after all these years, possibly going to be more useful if the economy continues ill.