Clothing Repair, Economy, and Restyling Downloadable PDFs

Repair of Clothing and Household Linens

It was years ago (the 70s?) that environmental interests came up with the slogan "recycle, reduce, reuse." Decades before that, in the midst of WWII, came "make do and mend." In the spirit of both, I have been looking for ways to make the most of the clothing I already own.

Here is a list of DOWNLOADABLE PDF pamphlets I have gathered from around the web - almost entirely from various American university cooperative extension programs or university archives of such. (If you are not familiar with extension programs, they are pretty cool. They date back to 1914 and are the precursor to community colleges.) I do have a large collection of these PDFs and hopefully this list will be followed by others.

 Please note that these are historic resources. They may refer to methods and items that are no longer sold or considered safe (home dry cleaning with gasoline, I'm looking at you). Do not follow such advice without exploring modern resources and using your best judgement. This first batch I have categorized as Clothing Repair, Economy, and Restyling.

Clothing Repair, Economy, and Restyling

Year	Title	Author	Publisher
1938	Repair of Clothing and Household Linens	Helen Rocke	Univ. Nebraska, Lincoln
1942	Make Do and Mend for Victory	--	The Spool Cotton Co.
1943	Clothing the Family in Wartime	Helen Rocke	Univ. Nebraska, Lincoln and USDA
1943	Fall and Winter Clothes	Helen Rocke	Univ. Nebraska, Lincoln
1943	Make Do and Mend	Board of Trade	Ministry of Information, United Kingdom
1946	Clothing Pointers for '46	Helen Rocke	Univ. Nebraska, Lincoln and USDA
1951	New Clothes From Old	Allegra Wilkins	Univ. Nebraska, Lincoln and USDA
1962	Repairing Garments	Anna Marie Kriefels	Univ. Nebraska, Lincoln
1962	Reinforcing Readymades	Anna Marie Kriefels	Univ. Nebraska, Lincoln and USDA
1971	Restyling or Remodeling a Garment	Jane Speece, Gerda Petersen	Univ. Nebraska, Lincoln and USDA
1971	Restyling Sweater Knits	Jane Speece	Univ. Nebraska, Lincoln and USDA
1971	Relining Coats and Jackets	Jane Speece	Univ. Nebraska, Lincoln and USDA
1971	Inset (Overall) Patch	Jane Speece	Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln
1972	Altering Ready-Made Dresses	Anna Marie Kriefels, Jane Speece	Univ. Nebraska, Lincoln