Now kids wear costumes even if they are only a few months old. But things were more
primitive in the 80's. The next year, Grandma Betty made a devil outfit for Sally. She was red from head to toe with a cute little helmet and thorns. Her tail was a work of art. It curled and moved with her. Another costume Betty made for Sally was a cute little mouse, also with a
head cover, this one with little ears.
One year, I was brave enough to start sewing costumes. Betty had some material that was dark blue with big white polka dots and deep red with big white polka dots. I used a right and a
left side with different colors, front and back. Also, the pointed had was divided into blue
and red sections.
Grandma Betty was such a great seamstress that she not only made Halloween coustumes
she also kept both Diane and Sally in adorable, big-sister, little-sister dresses. And what
she didn't sew, she bought. For Christmas and Easter she out-did herself. A few I can
remember are red velvet, light blue velvet, and especially the Dior dresses that didn't
match but were of the same style and color, a beautiful pink with white sheer collars. Later
that year, in July, Diane and Sally were in Lynne and Neil's wedding and wore the Dior
dresses. It was so exciting because the dresses seemed as if they were made especially to
match the other dresses in the wedding. Fond memories.
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