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Red Vases with Crocheted Flowers

by Suzann Thompson | Aug 6, 2016 | Art Quilt, Crochet, Crochet Bouquet, Crochet Garden, Knitting, Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion

This is Red Vases, my latest crocheted flower wall hanging. How many flowers and leaves from Crochet Bouquet and Crochet Garden can you spot? Many are the samples that appeared in the books. I’m glad to finally find a place for them. My friend Peggy suggested...

Red Vases Complete

by Suzann Thompson | Aug 3, 2016 | Art Quilt, Celebrate Doilies, Crochet, Crochet Bouquet, Crochet Garden, Doily Adventure, Knitting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion

Four a day flower sewing worked well for Firewheel Meadow, so I started with that regimen until a more urgent project distracted me. While appliqueing flowers (not my absolute favorite job in a wall hanging), I listened to an audiobook. Listening helps me stay...

Tell Me About Your Doilies!

by Suzann Thompson | Aug 3, 2016 | Celebrate Doilies, Crochet, Doily Adventure, Exhibits & Programs, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion

I’m collecting photos of doilies and stories about them and the people who made them for an exhibit I’m doing next year at the Cross Timbers Fine Arts Council, River North Gallery, in Stephenville, Texas (and beyond, I hope!). Please join me in celebrating...

Flower Arranging for Red Vases

by Suzann Thompson | Jul 27, 2016 | Art Quilt, Celebrate Doilies, Crochet, Crochet Bouquet, Crochet Garden, Doily Adventure, Knitting, Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion

When I’m arranging embellishments for a wall hanging, I really like to get other peoples’ input. It helps me see things from a different perspective. In the past, my daughters helped me out (and here, too). In April, participants in the International Quilt...

Mama Lion Roars Again

by Suzann Thompson | Jul 25, 2016 | Art Quilt, Exhibits & Programs, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion

Mama Lion, which debuted in a big way last year on World Lion Day, was featured during June 2016 at the Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery, as part of the Animals Art Exhibition, Special Merit Award Category. I’m pleased to share (or show off, if you...
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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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“…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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#CenterForKnitAndCrochet #DigitalMuseum #CrochetMuseum #KnittingMuseum
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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