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The title of this blog is acknowledgment of Leonardo DaVinci, one of the most significant figures of the Renaissance period. Today the term Renaissance man refers to anyone who is knowledgeable about many different things. I could not possibly choose just one area on which to express myself so I am taking the route of the Renaissance soul and sharing much about many things.

Saturday, June 11, 2011

The Case of the Missing Photos

I made a dress last week from three different patterned materials. I took photos of said dress and posted them on www.craftsy.com for the world to see. I thought I also posted them here. This dress is very similar to a dress my daughter wants me to make for her. After telling her to look on my blog I realized I failed  to post them here, or anywhere else online. In fact, the photos seemed to have disappeared from my hard drive as well. I began to wonder if I actually took those photos. Yes, I did, they were on the craftsy site. So, where did they go? I searched all the usual places I keep things and they weren't there. Then I began to wonder, what if it was all my imagination? Maybe I didn't make the dress after all. No, it was in my closet, hanging with the matching headband and purse I made.
Now that I'm 50, I imagine I can feel the brain cells slipping off my gray matter and falling, unnoticed from my ears. Once I could remember the birthdays of all my First Grade classmates. Now I'm lucky if I remember my own.
I did manage to come up with this photo after some searching. As you can see, it's a fairly simple sundress with an empire waist. The skirt is straight which looks fine, but I think the next time I make it I will make a flare skirt. The flare is more comfortable and I feel as though my waist is better camouflaged.
Hey, I just found the photos!  They were where I put them, just not the edited ones you could actually see. Oh well, two minutes in a graphics program and voila!
As  you can see, the belt isn't attached. I did not use a pattern, nor did I have enough of any one fabric to create the dress. Being the creative problem solver I am, I found three different stash fabrics in very similar patterns and colors.
This particular dress was designed and created for myself, but I  will have a few up for sale shortly. Right now I'm still trying to cope with a major infection in my leg and I think it may be time for a nap :0

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