Sunday, January 22, 2017
It’s snowing again.
https://flic.kr/p/Qe6S6c
I went all last week without my toiletry bag because I tore my old one apart in order to draft a sewing pattern, and I went to work yesterday in sewing myself a new tote from ticking fabric (my new favorite) and canvas. The ticking fabric itself is not durable enough to make a tote, so I interfaced it with canvas to add structure.
I’ve still got a long ways on this design. I want to find some means to “rubberize” the inside canvas to make the bag waterproof. I’ve been looking online and found an interesting DIY article at instructables.com on how to Coat Fabric with Liquid Latex and create a waterproof fabric. I think I’ll try out this technique and see how it works.
After making myself a tote, I decided to make my mom one (I’ll make Tiago one too, but I need to get some more “manly” material for his). 😉
I’ll be heading back down to Moses Lake this afternoon. There’s another storm advisory warning and I’ll need to be up at 3:00 AM tomorrow and drive the routes to make sure road conditions are suitable for buses. I’ll be happy when spring arrives and I can head down to Moses Lake on Monday mornings.
It only took me four hours to drive to Moses Lake. This has been a peculiar winter; there’s usually a lot of weather zones in the 150 mile drives from Winthrop to Moses Lake. Winthrop’s elevation is 1,768′, and generally when it’s snowing there, by the time one drives down valley to Pateros, where the elevation is 804′, the snow usually turns into rain, but not today; it was all snow from Winthrop all the way to Dry Falls before the snow turned to rain showers. SR-17 between Leahy Junction and SR-2 was a complete whiteout.
I always stop at Dry Falls to let the dogs stretch their legs (and empty their bladders).
Wrapping up another great weekend!