[pigsmith]

I remember the torturous boredom trying to entertain myself while my mother went through all the catalogs. I was maybe 5, and she would make most of my clothes, and matching clothes for my dolls. I look at those little tiny dresses and marvel at the craftsmanship even on those tiny clothes. My favorite doll was 12" tall and my mother made us matching reversible dress jackets. Red inside, B&W Houndstooth outside, with rhinestone buttons. The smaller the clothes get, the harder to turn them right-side out. She must have had some serious patience to use a normal sewing foot on such tiny clothes.

[NEMDF]

At least you now have an appreciation of how much she tried to please you with the matching doll clothes. I am sure I did not fully comprehend the breadth of my mother’s work and talents, when I was a child. I always envied the neighbor girls, who got matching shorts outfits from the Sears catalog..... Possibly they envied my “made with love” (and out of necessity) clothing.