Archive for December, 2015

Route 66 and the Grand Canyon!

Thursday, December 3rd, 2015

Look what I found on my travels last week!

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Finally figured out how to use my “pano” option on my phone for this one.

Then there was the daring young soldier who climbed out on a ledge! That’s the kind of fearless man we want protecting our freedom!

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Ran into a few moose who let us get up close and personal!

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Geode beads! I think they were intended for necklaces but I spent $4.50 a bead and plan to use them for a most expensive fringe on the bottom of a quilt! Alas, they did not come from the Grand Canyon but some far away land…

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In the gift store was a pre-printed quilt block of all the national parks made by Olde American Antiques. Click on the link to see all they have to offer – free patterns, state blocks, national park blocks… lots of good stuff!

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And of course, fabric! I visited 2 shops –  Quilts on Rt. 66 in Williams, Arizona where I found the Rt. 66 fabric (on the right) from Hoffman and Connie’s Quilters Hide-a-way in Kingman, Arizona had the pictorial fabric on the left from Elizabeth’s Studios. This is stuff you will never find on the east coast!

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It is good to be home now – sleeping in my own bed rather than my son’s futon! But I can chalk the Grand Canyon off my bucket list!