Here is a fab article from The Guardian, a British daily newspaper, that talks about how the British have made make-do-and-mend trendy again.

And there was us only talking about darning at our last Sewing Machine Driving Licence workshop on Saturday.

http://gu.com/p/3pagk

p.s this is a photo of a book that was a gift to Paula.  It’s a facsimile edition of a book that was produced by the Board of Trade in the UK during WW2.