When in doubt check the dust buster

Well, I fulfilled one of my life long ambitions on my Roman holiday:  I stuck my hand in the Mouth of Truth (a la Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck) and  came out with my digits intact.

I saw lots of really old cool stuff.

I ate a gelatto from the place where the pope gets his ice cream.  It was divine!  And I learned that they weren't above a good waffle cone in the Renaissance.

I even learned the secret for crossing the street in Rome - pretend that you don't care, saunter out into traffic with such self assurance that they wouldn't dare hit you.  If they smell the fear you are done for!  Either that, or cross with a bunch of nuns. 

By the end of my holiday I had the sorest feet and one heck of a crick in the neck.  Why did they have to make all the beautiful stuff so high up?

 

So now I'm home and back to my doll making.  I'd like to say 'with a vengeance', but I had  minor set back yesterday - I lost an important piece of fabric.  It doesn't look so important.  In fact you'd be forgiven for mistaking it for a scrap.

But it actually sits like this in the bodice.

See?  Important.  But I lost it.  And I only had that tiny piece left.  AND I bought the fabric in San Fransisco last year.I tore my sewing table apart.  I looked in drawers.  I took everything apart. I looked in impossible places.  I got myself in a dither.  Then my hubby came home. And calmly suggested that I look in the Dust Buster.  I wouldn't have vacuumed it up, I scoffed.  Himself took the hand vac apart and voila - my little piece of fabric.  I was torn between between being ecstatically happy that my bodice insert was saved and being really miffed that I had spent 2 hours looking for the sodding thing and Himself found it before he even took his coat off.  I settled for washing it in some Eucalan and giving my hubby a big smooch. 

Comments

[Kitty Babcock]

Hey my famous daughter!! Wow! I am so glad the rest of the world is finding out how talented you truly are. Congrats on 2 more publications. THere is tons of space left on my "brag" table. I now have you on my desktop so it is easier to just click and connect. Tee, hee.

[JMartin]

You got to go to Rome!! How wonderful......love the pictures, wish there were more. And you actually crossed the street in Rome? Brave girl! I wonder how long I would have to wait for that group of nuns......

Your new doll looks great, love the colors you are using...and that tiny lost piece....so glad it was found, it's perfect. Now get the head on that girl and let us see what she looks like!

Love the Friday Freebies, thanks so much for them.
Great blog!

Best wishes,
Jean Martin
Tulsa Dolling Dames