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My association with them continued for about eight years. It ended when another company obtained control of the stock and Goodall ceased to exist. I was badly jolted but it taught me another meaningful lesson which is discussed in a later chapter.

The trips to Main [[Maine]] were combined whenever possible with my other travelling, for Arts and Skills and in connection with my own projects. I continued to come to New York to exhibit my textiles, but now only once a year instead of twice. Los Angeles had become so important in my field that I also went there once a year and set up displays in the Town House. During one of these shows in Los Angeles, I met a pert birdlike little creature named Bonnie Cashin, an immensely talented girl. She was then head costume designer at Twentieth Century-Fox and we were to work closely together in later years. In three years, museums around the country gave me 20 one-man shows. A beloved friend, the