Hi G
I certainly wouldn`t have the patience either to make Barbie clothes!! As much as I hated Barbies my daughters loved them. They had ALL Barbie stuff and my mother in Law (died a long time ago) made a lot of clothes. They must be somewhere in the attic and I will try to find them tomorrow.
She also made four poster beds out of those wooden boxes where two or three bodles of wine come in.
She used four round sticks of wood to attach the bottom of the box to the lid and both daughters (29 and 25) still have them........
Granny