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02-01-2011, 09:58 AM

#41

Parrothead

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I do remember Betsy paper dolls. I also had a Betsy McCall doll. Small, maybe 8-10 inches. I made clothes for her.

02-01-2011, 10:02 AM

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bamamama

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I had forgotten about Betsy McCall! I used to love cutting them out and playing with them.

02-01-2011, 10:02 AM

#43

bamamama

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I had forgotten about Betsy McCall! I used to love cutting them out and playing with them.

02-01-2011, 10:07 AM

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Linda - K.

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I remember Betsy and the books you could also buy to punch out the person and then cut the clothes out of the inside pages. Had to be very careful punching out the people as I would lose a hand now and then! My Mom did the permanent thing to us also. I HATED it! They were called "Tonnette(sp)" and my mom and aunts would do the Tony permanents on each other. Stinky!!!

02-01-2011, 10:16 AM

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maT

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yes, i remember them fondly from my mom's mccall's magazines

02-01-2011, 10:42 AM

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Slow2Sew

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I've also been thinking of Betsy McCall Paperdolls lately! I was never allowed to cut them out of mom's magazine by myself, but had hours of fun with them. It was really fun to save them from one month to the next, sort of like Christmas with each edition. Things changed somewhat when my younger sister came along, as she preferred toy trucks over paperdolls and Barbies. Funny thing, today she is an excellent quilter and her name is also Nancy! Thanks for a good memory.

02-01-2011, 12:17 PM

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TexasGurl

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Yes, I do ! My grandma & aunts used to save them for us ... haven't thought of those in a long long time :)

02-01-2011, 12:18 PM

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TexasGurl

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I remember those ! My grandma & my mom used to save those for us ... hadn't thought about them in a long long time ! I remember playing with lots of paper dolls. Thanks for the memory :)

02-01-2011, 12:27 PM

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starshine

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Quote:

Originally Posted by mamaw

I guess I have had my Grammie on my mind lately, and with all the quilting magazines I have...got me remembering how I used to love playing with the Betsy McCall paper dolls that Grammie used to save me in her McCall's magazines. Now, here I am grown up and buying McCall's Quilting magazines.
Do any of you out there remember the paper dolls, and having fun spending lots of hours playing with them also?
Happy Quilting!!
Nancy

I remember paper dolls. and recently came across a McCall's paper doll page I saved and stuck in a folder for my daughter who is now 31. I guess she didn't get that one. opps