Thanks, Colleen! I’m glad you enjoyed the trip down Memory Lane. 🙂 I tried sewing outfits for our Barbies, too. I had a Simplicity pattern that included a square-dance dress and other styles. I also had a set of those tiny zippers and buttons as trim. But they never came out as fine as I’m sure your projects with your grandmother did. What a lovely memory!

Evelyn

I loved your article. I found myself sitting here shaking my head in total agreement.
We used our dresser draws and bookcases , upside down shoe boxes. Any thing that could double as a piece of furniture.

The clothing was divine. Real fabrics of the time. I was so fortunate that my grandmother was a phenomenal seamstress and we would spend weekends making the most elaborate outfits for Barbie.
I too saw the movie and loved it. .

Enjoy your break.
I look forward to what you’ll share in September.

Colleen Begany Macaulay

To each her own! I find it fascinating that Barbie remains controversial, all these decades later. Though I doubt that I’d buy a Barbie for a child, now. Too much plastic and polyester.