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.
Especially now that she is in her 80s, and I just turned 60 (!), these things mean even more to me.
She still does some quilting.