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custom-made fabrics for projects in which they were engaged. The first was Tim Pfluger. He had been commissioned to design a building for the Stock Exchange in San Francisco and he came to my studio one day to discuss draperies for it. Was I equipped to weave them? If so, what would I suggest as the design and color-scheme? We went to his office where he unrolled the blueprints for the building. (This was to be the first of many such sessions with architects. At the time, blueprints were like pieroglyhpics [[hieroglyphics]] to me; I was obliged to take a special course to learn to read them.) I found myself asking Tim questions as I examined the plans and sketches on his drawing boards, questions about the wood to be used in the floorings, the colors of the walls and the general decor. I learned in this first commission that it was essential to me to relate to something, materials and on occasion to a person, before I could begin to visualize a design and make the first cartoon for it. Later, architects would bring not only their blueprints but samples of the wood