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Fifty Thousand Copies Sold

by Suzann Thompson | Sep 25, 2017 | Crochet, Crochet Bouquet, Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion

Thank you to all the crocheters and people who love them who have bought my book, Crochet Bouquet! As of June 30, 2017, over 50,000 copies of Crochet Bouquet have been sold since its publication in 2008. I am honored by your support. The book started with a trip to...

Four Days Left to See Celebrate Doilies

by Suzann Thompson | Sep 24, 2017 | Art Quilt, Celebrate Doilies, Crochet, Doily Adventure, Exhibits & Programs, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion

Don’t wait too long! You have only four more days to see the Celebrate Doilies exhibit at the Dora Lee Langdon Center in Granbury, Texas. Art quilts, stories, and poetry fill the first floor of the historic Gordon Home, beginning with Constant Comets and Sweet...

SAQA Quilt Show Opens in Abilene

by Suzann Thompson | Sep 20, 2017 | Crochet, Exhibits & Programs, Knitting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion

Today’s Quilts: Art in Stitch, a juried show of quilts by Texas members of Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA) opens today at The Center for Contemporary Art in Abilene, Texas. I’m pretty excited about the show, because two of my quilts are in it. Gaudi...

Almost Christmas

by Suzann Thompson | Sep 3, 2017 | Life, Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion

Last August, I heard the first rumblings of “It’ll be Christmas before you know it.” I was feeling pretty happy at the time, because my Christmas in July project was well underway. This year, SAME! Bucilla kit “Train—Wall Hanging” is...

Chugging Along on Christmas in July

by Suzann Thompson | Aug 6, 2017 | Life, Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion

Week 2 of working on my Christmas felt kit ended with sequinning and sewing red stripes to the white rail that will eventually be sewn to the bottom edge of the train. Week 3 was all about sequinning and sewing red stripes, too, because there were so many of them. It...
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Comanche Mercantile on the square in Comanche, TX, Comanche Mercantile on the square in Comanche, TX, has a charming and interesting variety of textiles in the way-back room. That’s where I saw this lavender pillowcase, appliquéd with the crocheted letters H E R, and trimmed with crochet. It sent me on a deep dive to learn more about His & Hers pillowcases.

I’ve been trying for a long time to get back to blogging. Hand-embellished pillowcases were a reasonably quick and fun subject to write about.

I hope you will read about them here:
https://textilefusion.com/blog  or
https://textilefusion.com/his-hers-pillowcases-with-crochet/
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#HisAndHers #Pillowcase #Crochet #Embellishment #ComancheMercantile
Who here had a bed doll with a fancy crocheted dre Who here had a bed doll with a fancy crocheted dress? 

I never did, but that doesn’t stop me from admiring the skill and workmanship that goes into making one. 

The purple dress is from Annie’s Calendar Bed Doll Society, May 1993. Over the years, Annie Potter came up with dozens of amazing bed doll patterns, each as fabulous as the next. Miss Annie sells her crochet patterns at https://annie-potter-presents.storenvy.com/ 

These were for sale at the Benbrook Antique Mall in Benbrook, TX. It’s definitely worth stopping by there. Make sure you have ample time, because it’s a big place.
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#CrochetBedDoll #BedDoll #AnniePotter #BenbrookAntiqueMall
“…where collections, big and small, famous and per “…where collections, big and small, famous and personal, finally have a home.”

This means you can upload pictures and descriptions of your own knitted and crocheted works, and knitted and crocheted things you have collected or inherited, for all to study and enjoy, while you keep your k/c treasures at home.❤️

Read about it at
https://pieceworkmagazine.com/discover-a-digital-home-for-knitting-and-crochet-history/
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Respect to anyone, living or deceased, who has cro Respect to anyone, living or deceased, who has crocheted a whole Killarney Bedspread! The frame of the bedspread square alone has taken me days to crochet. Luckily, my goal was to make only one square, to experience how it was accomplished.
The pattern is from Irish Crochet Designs and Projects, edited by Mary Carolyn Waldrep, Dover Publications Needlework Series.
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#KillarneyBedspread #IrishCrochet #DoverPublications #CrochetBedspreads #VintageCrochetPattern
In a blast from the past, an editor I knew from La In a blast from the past, an editor I knew from Lark Books emailed me last fall and asked if I would be interested in designing some crocheted flower bookmarks. Why yes, I would!
The deadline was short for a spring publication date, so I got busy.
The finished product was a kit with five colors of yarn, a crochet hook, a yarn needle and a book with written instructions for eleven flowers and fun finials and many step-by-step photos. 
Crochet Botanical Bookmarks the kit is available for purchase online and probably some craft stores.

#CrochetBotanicalBookmarks #CrochetFlowers #CrochetBookmarks🧶
Texas Bluebells! This is the first time I’ve seen Texas Bluebells! This is the first time I’ve seen so many flowers on each plant. Swipe to see the white Bluebells. 💜💜🤍💚
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near Proctor Lake, June 2026
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