I wrote previously about the press coverage of John Lewis' updated version of Make do and mend, and I'm not delighted to say that I managed to pick up a copy when I was in my local store recently. I was delighted to find that they are selling copies for just £3 each. Admittedly it's only a small book, but one packed full of valuable tips and hints and in my opinion would make an excellent stocking filler at Christmas for anyone who is keen to save a few pennies.
The book starts with some traditional "home truths"; those handy little hints about how to solve household problems like cleaning smears off aluminium and other metals and removing the smell of onion from your hands after chopping them. It them moves on to cover how make your clothes last longer and right through to protecting the screen of your MP3 player. To anyone who is already clued up as to how to make things last they will probably be nodding along with most of the things in the book, but may still find something useful themselves. I'm guessing that there may well be plenty of other people to whom it would be a complete revelation and dare I suggest that they may be the ones more in need of it.
The JL version is only available from John Lewis themselves, but there are various versions
