Book Board Chat

Beth - I didn't see your last reply till just now. It brings back interesting memories of my own. In 1963-64 I was in home ec and had a Class project to do. We were supposed to make a garment at home and be graded upom it. My other had a new fancy sewing mchine, Bernina, which she really did not know how to operate with all those cams and everything - but she absolutely refused to let me use it for this class project. In talks with teacher I implored her for some other project and what I ended up doing was hand sewing a complete Barbie wardrobe including wedding dress and penoir and giving them to little sister when it was graded (I think I got an A). My sis says she's never forgotten it and has the ensembles still in the Barbie wardrobe box she had all those years ago (cept she has so much stuff she can't lay her hands on it). She feels FIL had given her No 1 or 2 Barbie doll and she put it away safely but has not been able to find it (she hasn't loooked hard). But even Barbies have declined in prices and they don't sell as much as they used to a couple years ago. I guess the economy tanking has affected all sorts of people, even collectors. The amount of discretinary funds for playthings have been greatly reduced for most people. The original Barbies did not have bendable legs and a hole was drilled into them from bottom up so they could be and a wire stand. This, as well as the breasts, is probably what made the Barbies so Objectionable when they first come out in early 60s.