Time period: April 30-2000

At this time, 16" Gene Marshal from Mel Odom, had already entered my life. You can see her on my table (on my far right, with a blue dress) . I was still sewing for Barbie but the 16" became more appealing to me and slowly I was only back to the doll shows to sell what was left of my dressed Barbies. I still had some “outfits only” bags, but as I didn’t sew any more of them ,little by little my reserve diminished.

One lady came and asked me if I could reproduce her mom's wedding dress. She had found a couple, made of porcelain, and had it repainted to her young parents likeness. She found a suit for her dad but asked me to make the wedding dress for the bride. It was a challenge for me because it was not a Barbie, and I am not good at working /making my own patterns

I managed and made the dress. My customer was very happy and even came back later to thank me on behalf of her parents with some mores pictures.