One Of Six Body Styles Canvas Print

This picture of an abstract dress on a dressmaker's form came out a print with White, Lavender and a touch of Black. Set in a surreal, muted, landscape, the small waist obscures the distant vanishing point.This picture just happened to form as One of the Six body styles known in the trade as a natural; meaning
it fits narrow shoulders and a small waist. Natural's have wider hips than shoulders, and are referred to as having A shaped body's.

My first memories of learning started at age three and a half when I made my first doll dress. My Mother cut the pattern for me, showed me how to thread a needle and how to make a straight stitch first then a back stitch, after that I was on my way. I made a dress and wore it to school in the second grade. My Mother didn't allow me to use the sewing machine because she was afraid I would sew my finger. I took the opportunity to make the the dress while she was in the hospital having my brother, I was allowed to use the machine after that. Most of my skills are self taught, In 1960 with 4 children under four and a half Years old, I started sewing, designing, pattern drafting, clothing construction and altering in my home studio....