I learned to knit with Barbie kits.? They came with needles, yarn, and simple instructions in a round can.? I had the coat with pill-box hat and the skirt and sleeveless sweater kits.
I watched my mother sew from the time I was very young.? She learned from her mother and had designed and made her own formals in the late '40's. At 5'11" in a day with no Tall Catalogs, it was a necessity!? She made a "Princess" dress for me for a second-grade production of Sleeping Beauty.? It was pink with a net skirt.? I also had a Pilgrim's dress in 5th grade for Halloween made from a sheet that she dyed grey.? By the '60's I was sewing for myself, but she made the Pioneer dress for my high school Senior week with input from my grandfather (he was born in 1880's), remembering what his mother wore, right down to the bonnet.? I guess that counts as historic costume!? Several years after I started sewing SCA clothes, my mother told me that she had taught me all she could about sewing but I had done so much more.? That just floored me.? This from the woman who, before I was born, had dreams of opening a dress shop with her own designs.? Catherine -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Thu, Jul 9, 2009 10:03 am Subject: Re: [h-cost] What costume things did you learn in the 60s? I had a Barbie doll dress kit. _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
