On the Road tomorrow 08-13-16

It is a good thing I added a few extra days to my trip because I didn't get away today.  I left all the packing until today and it was so hot in my garage that I had to keep stopping to wipe off the sweat and rest my aching back.  By the time everything (except the laptop, the ice chest and I) were in the car I was too tired to drive very far.  I thought about driving to Barstow and spend the night, but finally opted to save the $$ that would cost and just leave in the morning.   I hope I have everything I am supposed to have for Elizabeth Busch's class at Schoodic Institute in Acadia Nat'l Park.  And enough clothes to not have to stop multiple times at a Laundromat.  Something I hate to do when on a road trip.

High temperatures promised for the next week.  Hope my A/C holds up.  I'm looking forward to driving through Virgin River Canyon, as I did in 2012.

I-15 almost to the Nevada border  2012

Virgin River Canyon - Nevada  2012

Virgin River Canyon - Nevada  2012

 

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Another Del Quilt 08-11-16

I have made several self portraits, but this one traveled with an exhibit in Kansas and Missouri and was enlarged for the banner on the side of a gallery to advertise the exhibit.  Neat!

"She's the One"  Del Thomas  2003 14.25W x 22.5L

A self-portrait showing my yearnings - naturally curly blonde hair, a long slender neck, perky boobs and the guts to wear green lipstick.

 

Wordless Wednesday Looking Ahead 08-10-16

 

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Monday Browsing 08-08-16

Hancock Fabrics bankruptcy: http://www.dallasnews.com/business/retail/20160805-michaels-buys-hancock-fabrics-brand-out-of-bankruptcy.ece

Win fabric:   http://www.keepsakequilting.com/fabric-for-life#/referrals/4c6e4895-5f0a-4d7c-9ab8-103e6290e90f

Video of   Stitch Dialectic  exhibit  at Poway, CA.  

http://saqasocal.blogspot.com/2016/07/stitch-dialectic-video-catalog.html

How a bobbin works and how to clean a bobbin case:

http://www.superiorthreads.com/videos/how-a-bobbin-works/

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More KoKo 08-07-16

I took KoKo to a new groomer, much closer to where I live than San Clemente.  She asked me how I wanted him trimmed and I didn't really have an answer except he didn't need a top knot with a bow on his head.  I said I thought he needed less hair in the hot weather we have been having.  She took me at my word and he now has a real summer haircut.   

 

Here is the little guy on July 28th, before his summer haircut.

 

And here he is on August 6th with all his "feathers" cut off.

He really didn't want to stand still for pictures.

"I don't want to stand up and have my picture taken."

 

 

No "feathers" left.

 

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