Old Curtains Transformed into Dressing Table Skirts
Learn to repurpose frothy curtains or faded drapes into tailored or feminine dressing table skirts. Trim with ribbons, adjust draping and color to suit room style, dyeable drapery materials, and proper fitting around the table with careful laundering and measurement.
Kathleen Norris on Marriage Courses and civilian adjustment
A Montana woman Selma writes about seven years of marriage, war pay, housing choices, and resisting a marriage course. Kathleen Norris urges focusing on personal change, patience, and shared goals to save the marriage. Also notes Belgian heroine Andree de Jongh awarded the George Medal for aiding Allied airmen.
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Patching Pointers for Regular Household Mending
Women should establish a routine for mending to keep clothes ready. Maintain a dedicated mending kit with threads buttons snaps hooks and eyes scissors a darning egg needles and tape. Use fine thread and small stitches for delicate garments and lace mending.
Spring Fashion Notes for 1920s Era Coats and Suits
Shoulder fullness dominates both suits and coats with wrist length sleeves and buttoned details. Materials favor rayon crepe, soft satins, and cottons in sheer to opaque ranges. Greatcoats look feminine and graceful, avoiding frou frou. Radiant colors and patterns like stripes polka dots and solids lead youth fashion. Graceful skirts enhance youthfulness with free movement and a minimized waist.
Marriage Course Won t Solve Our Disagreements
A seven year married woman asks Miss Norris for advice on conflicting plans after war jobs. He favors a country home while she wants a two flat. their savings cover both. Miss Norris says marriage courses won t help if they remain set in their ways and urges tolerance and affectionate regard to resolve differing desires.
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