{"id":1490,"date":"2014-05-13T07:18:01","date_gmt":"2014-05-13T11:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baburkard.com\/crochet\/?p=1490"},"modified":"2014-05-13T07:22:10","modified_gmt":"2014-05-13T11:22:10","slug":"pass-it-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/baburkard.com\/crochet\/pass-it-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Pass it on"},"content":{"rendered":"

I remember the year that my mother made clothes for my dolls as a Christmas present. We didn’t get a lot for Christmas; as small children we each got something, but even that stopped by the time we reached our teens.<\/p>\n

But one Christmas, when I was four or five I knew my Mom, after we kids were in bed, was still up sewing. I don’t know if I knew it then, though I did later, my Mom did not like to sew, she sewed because she had to! So Christmas morning I awoke to a wardrobe for my doll — I don’t remember how many pieces, but I know along with the usual dresses there was a little coat — that impressed me!<\/p>\n

As I have four older brothers and two younger I felt obliged to keep up with the boys and didn’t spend a lot of time playing with dolls, though Mom tried hard to encourage me. My brothers also had a doll each, but they were more inclined to other kinds of play; though they would sometimes play “house” with me.<\/p>\n

\"Barb<\/a>
Barb and friends<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I enjoyed sewing much more than my Mom ever did. When my kids were little “Cabbage Patch Kids” were all the rage. I started making soft sculpture dolls for sale. For her 5th birthday I made Trina a large doll she named “Randy.” Not only does she still have that doll, but Mina loves to play with it.<\/p>\n

\"Trina's<\/a>
Trina’s 5th birthday — with Randy, her new doll.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Mina<\/a>
Mina with Randy, March 2014<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Trina loved sewing even more than I. She not only sews, but designs and drafts patterns to sell as well.<\/a> Although she made a doll for her new daughter<\/a>, she also worked with Mina to make her own doll (after reading the book “Fanny”<\/a>) when she was only four years old.<\/p>\n

\"Mina<\/a>
Mina and Annabelle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

So where will Mina take this tradition?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I remember the year that my mother made clothes for my dolls as a Christmas present. We didn’t get a lot for Christmas; as small children we each got something, but even that stopped by the time we reached our teens. But one Christmas, when I was four or five I knew my Mom, after … <\/p>\n

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