Doll Clothes in my Story Box

My friend, Susan, put this idea in my mind when she shared a photo of her old cardboard suitcase. I had a similar suitcase, and so did my sister, when we were young, and we kept our doll clothes in them. I threw mine in, willy nilly, but for my photographic purposes today, I folded them all neatly. Elspeth shared an old suitcase, too. It was lined with beautiful paper or fabric, and held papers and photos of a previous generation. They don't make'em like they used to. Thank you for your memories. And I loved your suggestions of what my box might have contained: the silver, or the egg money. Who knows?

In my story box today, I put doll clothes. I have shared many doll stories, but probably not dolly's clothes. So, into my box I put samples. I loved my dolls. My girls, not so much, although Erin, inspired by a baby-sitter who was a porcelain doll and cabbage patch doll collector, liked her porcelain dolls.

Mom sewed doll clothes whenever we girls got a new doll for Christmas - we being me, my sister, Pat, and my cousins, Susan and Cindy. She used scraps of clothing from the clothes she made for us. A piece of clothing had to be in sorry shape before it went out into the trash. But, I digress. That is for another day.

Oh, the fun we had, mothering our "babies" and changing their clothes. Pretending. Do children pretend any more? Mine did for sure. And I did.

So, what apparel did I put into my story box today? I chose:

Two blue dresses of different sizes, made by Mom. There were big dolls and small dolls and in-between dolls. I loved them all.

A pretty dress made by Julie when she took sewing lessons.

A green sweater knit by me. I knit several doll outfits, as did Mom. Mom knit Barbie clothes as well.

A blue striped shirt. We three (Paul, Pat and I) had these blue striped shirts and shorts sets, as I recall, and there was enough left over for Mom to make a doll shirt to match.

A short nightie that I don't recognize or remember. It's made of flannel, as many of them are, and it's in the same vein as the baby nighties that Mom made for newborns, reminiscent of her mother before. She always embroidered along the neck. Many people made them longer, but she liked them short for ease in changing nappies.

A blue bunting bag,  a big pink nightie, and a pink with kitties on it nightie with a ruffle, made by Mom.

A sheet and quilt made by Grammy Vasseur for the doll bed that Uncle Rene made.

Did your dolly have clothes?

What will I put in my story box next?