Many WI sessions taught how to make do and mend, whether it was competing to create the best article of child's clothing from a flour bag or turning stockings into mittens or learning to knit with dog wool.

很多次妇女协会的会议内容都是培训妇女怎么修补旧的物品，将就着使用，包括比赛着用面粉袋给孩子做一身“好衣服”，袜子改做手套，以及学习用狗毛织毛衣。