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TO PLAN YOUR WARDROBE

YOUR MOST IMPORTANT GARMENT

A SUIT THAT WILL NOT DATE

HOW TO BUY FROM A DRESS AGENCY

FROCKS TO SUIT YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES

TO CHOOSE AND BLEND COLOURS

FOUR-YEAR PLAN FOR A WOMAN’S WARDROBE

FOUR-YEAR PLAN FOR A MAN’S WARDROBE

TO EKE OUT CHILDREN’S RATIONS

TAKE CARE OF YOUR CLOTHES

A BED-TIME ROUTINE FOR CLOTHES

TO ARRANGE YOUR WARDROBE

CARE FOR HATS AND SHOES

WHEN YOU’VE BEEN CAUGHT IN THE RAIN

DON’T LET YOUR GLOVES GIVE YOU AWAY

BANISHING SPOTS AND “TIREDNESS” IN CLOTHES

FURS REPAY SPECIAL CARE

TIPS ON WASHING KNITTED THINGS

TO CLEAN A MACKINTOSH SUCCESSFULLY

SHOPPING FOR MATERIALS

SIMPLE TESTS FOR QUALITY

HOW THE WIDTHS RUN

LOVELY CLOTHES FROM FURNISHING FABRICS

SAVING ON CLOTHES AT THE LINENS COUNTER

TOOLS YOU CANNOT DO WITHOUT

GOOD SCISSORS ARE ESSENTIAL

SAVING TIME AND TEMPER WITH NEEDLES

BUY THREADS TO SUIT YOUR MATERIALS

EQUIPMENT FOR PRESSING

TO MAKE THE MOST OF A SEWING-MACHINE

MAKING YOUR OWN UNDIES

THE LINGERIE YOU NEED

HOW TO MAKE LINGERIE LAST

A BODICE PATTERN WITH MANY PURPOSES

A SIMPLE VEST PATTERN

A SLIP FOR A FLARED SKIRT

FRENCH KNICKERS FROM A YARD OF MATERIAL

A BRASSIÈRE OR PETTICOAT TOP

FROCKS, BLOUSES AND SKIRTS

TO ALTER A PATTERN TO FIT YOU

PINNING THE PATTERN ON THE MATERIAL

HOW TO MAKE THE BODICE FIT

SUCCESS WITH SLEEVES

THE SECRET OF MAKING A POINTED YOKE

TO FACE A NECK OR OPENING

COLLARS THAT WILL REALLY FIT

TO CUT UP THE OLD GARMENT

A BLOUSE FROM YOUR OWN PATTERN

A DETACHABLE COLLAR PATTERN

A JUMPER FOR FORMAL OCCASIONS

A SKIRT TO GO WITH YOUR JUMPER

A FROCK TO SUIT ANY WOMAN

A COATEE FOR SPRING AND AUTUMN

PATCH POCKETS FOR YOUR JACKET

A SWING JACKET FOR THE FULLER FIGURE

TO PRESS PLEATS SUCCESSFULLY

TO MATCH UP PATTERNED PIECES

HOW TO TREAT VELVET

TRICKS FOR SMARTNESS

HEMS THE EXPERT USES

A TRICK TO AVOID THE WAVY HEM

TACKING TO SAVE TIME AND TROUBLE

TO MAKE A SKIRT HANG WELL

DIFFICULTIES IN MAKING DARTS

TO ACHIEVE A SMART SHOULDER-LINE

HOW TO COPY A COAT LINING

A NEAT AND HARD-WEARING PLACKET

TO BIND BUTTONHOLES EXPERTLY

THE SECRETS OF HANDLING FUR

ACCESSORIES COSTING NEXT-TO-NOTHING

TO SAVE MONEY ON ACCESSORIES

A POCHETTE TO MATCH YOUR DRESS TRIMMINGS

FRILLS AND JABOTS FOR DAINTINESS

TASSELS TO TRIM YOUR SHOULDER-LINE

HOME-MADE SCARVES ARE INEXPENSIVE

GLOVES THAT HAVE THAT EXPENSIVE LOOK

BOWS FOR BELT AND SLEEVES

A RIBBON COLLAR FROM ODDMENTS

ODDS AND ENDS FOR BELTS, POSIES AND COLLARS

MAKE MORE OF OLD CLOTHES

TO SMARTEN FRAYED WRISTS

INVISIBLE MENDING FOR A THREE-CORNERED SNAG

PATCHES THAT WILL NEVER BE NOTICED

TO PREVENT OR CURE A BAGGY SKIRT

TO DARN A HOLE WHERE IT SHOWS

A DARN THAT LOOKS LIKE KNITTING

WAISTCOATS GIVE NEW LIFE TO A FROCK

A SMART SKIRT FROM AN OLD COAT

TROUSERS MAKE A USEFUL SKIRT

USEFUL AND BECOMING: THE PINAFORE FROCK

APRONS FROM OLD COTTON FROCKS

AN OLD SHIRT MAKES A LOVELY BLOUSE

A PATCH FOR THE NECK OF A SHIRT

TO CUT DOWN PYJAMAS FOR A SMALL BOY

EQUIPMENT FOR DYEING

TO CHOOSE THE RIGHT TEMPERATURE

COLD WATER DYEING

DRESSING THE CHILDREN

PATTERN FOR A BABY’S PETTICOAT

A COMFORTABLE NIGHTDRESS FOR BABY

A DAINTY MATINÉE JACKET

AN OUTFIT FOR THE “UNDER-SIXES”

CLOTHES FOR SUNNY DAYS

A BLOUSE FOR VERY HOT WEATHER

FAULTS TO AVOID IN A GYM-SLIP

A CHILD’S GYM-BLOUSE

IDEAS FOR HATS

HATS FOR THE SEASONS

NEW LIFE FOR A RAIN-SPOILT STRAW

TRIMMINGS TO TRANSFORM YOUR MILLINERY

BRINGING A WAVY BRIM INTO LINE

SERVICE AND FAMILY WOOLLIES

SERVICE GARMENTS

A FIRST SET FOR BABY

WOOLLIES FOR THE OLDER CHILD

FOR A WOMAN’S WARDROBE

A B C OF SEWING TERMS

INDEX AND PRONOUNCING GLOSSARY

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