Betty J. Mills
Author of Calico Chronicle: Texas Women and Their Fashions 1830-1910
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Works by Betty J. Mills
Amanda's New Life: A Journal of Fashion History Through Paper Dolls (The Amanda Series, Bk. 2) (1983) 24 copies
Amanda Goes West: A Journal of Fashion History Through Paper Dolls (The Amanda Series, Bk. 1) (1982) 23 copies
Amanda's Home on the Range: A Journal of Fashion History Through Paper Dolls (The Amanda Series, Bk. 3) (1984) 18 copies
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- Mills, Betty J.
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- 8
- Members
- 123
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- #162,201
- Rating
- 4.3
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- 9
As with the first two volumes, the narrative deals with how clothing is made. With the Civil War, material was scarce and new clothing impossible. But Amanda shows ingenuity in making do. And the diary covers how clothing was remade to save on fabric and be up to date. In 1871 Amanda receives an early sewing machine, the “Common Sense,” which makes sewing her clothing a bit easier.
Although the dolls and clothing can be cut out, the book is most valuable as a fashion history of Texas in the late nineteenth century. All three Amanda books, as well as Mills’ book, Calico chronicle: Texas women and their fashions 1830-1910, will serve as an historical costume record of the period.… (more)