Today I went on a treasure hunt. I went to the SAS Fabric Store in Tucson to find some inexpensive fabrics to experiment with. I have volunteered to teach a class on making a bias skirt and I have to practice on some real fabric beforehand. Going to SAS is a bit risky. The store sells mill ends and overstocks, so you never know what they'll have at anyone time. They are constantly getting new fabrics in and just put it out on tables in piles. You have to dig through things to see what they have. Fabric content is not labeled for the most part. It can be hard to dig through the piles of fabric on tables. Fortunately, today the stock was fairly well organized and folded up so I could see what they had. I did find a few inexpensive pieces that will be good for experimenting for my skirt class. I also found some Western themed t-shirt fabric. One piece has a variety of snakes on it. I decided I had to get it in honor of our snake that lives somewhere near our house and is now hibernating.
Larry and I have another project going together. He started reading Hemingway's "The Sun Also Rises" and isn't crazy about it. I volunteered to read it also to let him know what I think. So far I share his opinion. It seems a bit depressing and anti-Semitic. I'm old enough now to not care if I don't like an iconic author's work. When I was younger, I would probably not admit that. We both have decided to finish the book to see if our opinions change. I have a rule of thumb when reading a book. I try to stick it out for the first 2-3 chapters and will quit if I don't like the book. If I make it half way, I finish it. Maybe I'll write a book report when I finish this book for old time's sake.
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