Vintage 1942 Singer Sewing Machine Co. Make-Over Guide Altering Renewing For Sale

Excellent condition. Has sticker on back cover.

* FOREWORD ☆

TAKING OVER the old and discarded into new and useful articles is

a stimulating, profitable and patriotic experience, growing in

interest with each achievement.

To begin, there should be a clear recognition of values. The value

of the article as it is, as it might be, as it may be converted, or as it

might contribute to other values.

Your decision on these points will determine whether it should be

darned, patched, mended, restored, refitted, re-enforced, re-styled, or

completely made over into another article of more practical use.

This book is designed to help you make these decisions, to help you

carry them out, to help you save and make happy use of every last

thread of the things you possess, and is dedicated to your success and

pleasure in the undertaking.

Singer Sewing Machine Company

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CONTRA

ONTRARY though it may seem, darning, mend-

ing and patching are more often required in

new or currently used clothing than in old.

Small, everyday accidents are usually responsible,

such as the hole burned by a cigarette spark in

a man's overcoat; the three cornered tear in a

woman's dress caused by catching her heel in the

skirt when alighting from a car; the piece torn

out of Junior's jacket where it caught on a spike

and the holes in a 'teen age girl's blouse, or

sweater, caused by heavy gadget pins.

Darning will recover the overcoat. Mending

will conceal the tear. Patching will redeem the

jacket, and, in an ornamental way, the sweater

or blouse.

Adjustments and refitting, are usually required

when clothing has been shrunken or stretched in

cleaning; when a coat, suit or dress may be ac-

ceptable for another season's wear; when growing

children seem to change in size overnight; and

when diet, or routine, has altered your own pro-

portions to another size.

Alterations are usually required when a gar-

ment is in excellent condition but outmoded.

Alterations may also convert an unbecoming

garment into a flattering favorite.

Make Overs cover a wide field, but are most

often employed when a garment must be worr

by another person.

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However, a coat may be made over into an-

other style, or into a suit, dress or skirt for your-

self. It may also be made over into any of these

items for a 'teen age girl or a child, but be very

sure that the fabric and color are suited to their

age, type and activities.

A man's suit, top-coat or raincoat, may be

made over into a suit, coat or raincoat for your-

self, or, for one of the boys, if the color and mate-

rial are suitable. The raincoat, if badly worn,

may be made over into a lumber jacket.

An evening dress may be made over into an

afternoon dress, a negligee or nightgown; or, into

blouses or slips, according to the color and fabric.

An afternoon dress may be made over into a

more current style for yourself; or into a petti-

coat, if it is taffeta, satin or crepe; into a skirt,

if it is wool, faille or linen; or, into a blouse, if it

is lace, net, embroidery or any of the pretty

cottons.

Slips, negligees and nightgowns may be made

over into blouses, vestees, bed jackets or small

clothes for yourself; or, into dainty underwear

and blouses for the girls, and even into babies'

bonnets, sacks, coats, and quilted cover-alls, or,

into pillow slips, sheet or spread for the coach or

crib.

House dresses, if not faded, may be made over

into aprons, play-suits and even bathing suits.

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Men's shirts may be made over into a blouse

for yourself, or one of the boys; into aprons,

children's play-suits, rompers, tot's dresses and

suits or babies' caps. If of fine linen, and plain

white, they may be made into many items for

the layette.

As for household articles, the best part of old

awnings may be used to make slip covers, out-

door cushion covers, carry-all bags, or black-out

curtains; old table cloths, may be made over into

breakfast or luncheon sets; and, if colorful, into

turbans, scarfs, aprons or blouses; old turkish

towels make excellent beach or bath robes for the

tiny tots, or, if badly torn, may be cut and fash-

ioned into table mats, or, pieced together to form

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a silence cloth for the table; old shower curtains

may be made over into a raincoat or beach set,

or, cut into dish covers for the ice-box; old dra-

peries, according to the fabric, may be made into

housecoats, table covers, chair covers or pillow

tops.

Possibilities are infinite, and, best of all, if you

have any doubt as to your judgment or ability in

making things over, personal advice and instruc-

tion are available, at very small cost, at your

nearest Singer Sewing Center, where a special

course is devoted to this subject, and where the

methods are so simplified you will feel proficient

and accomplished, even though you never sewed

before.