by Suzann Thompson | Jan 11, 2009 | Crochet, Crochet Bouquet, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Reader Carol N. of Montana, USA, writes Hi Suzann, I bought your book Crochet Bouquet. I thought you might find it interesting that the daffodil doily you mentioned was featured on Clark’s J&P Coats Book No. 258 dated 1949. Just yesterday I bought this book...
by Suzann Thompson | Jan 6, 2009 | Crochet, Crochet Bouquet, Crochet Charm Lace, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Cousins are a wonderful thing. My girls played with their cousin Ben non-stop on a recent visit. I got to sit uninterrupted at the kitchen table for hours, sewing flowers together on the roses cape. I talked with my sister-in-law while I sewed. I could watch the...
by Suzann Thompson | Jan 4, 2009 | Crochet, Crochet Bouquet
Crocheters around the world are enjoying Crochet Bouquet, and I am thrilled! Now I’m having to rethink some of my crochet-along strategies. For instance, this post was going to start with something about bringing sunshine into the cold, wintry month of January....
by Suzann Thompson | Dec 30, 2008 | Crochet, Crochet Bouquet, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
The Artful Ribbon by Candace Kling is gasp-worthily beautiful and full of good advice about making flowers and greenery with ribbons. I recommend it highly for the excellent instructions and diagrams as well as for the inspiration. The Artful Ribbon inspired the...
by Suzann Thompson | Dec 13, 2008 | Crochet, Crochet Bouquet, Crochet Charm Lace
The Pansy Poncho and various other projects and obligations conspired to throw off my schedule for finishing the Roses Cape. Late in October, I finally made a fabric cape template from a commercial pattern. Then I spread it out on the living room floor and started...
by Suzann Thompson | Dec 13, 2008 | Crochet, Crochet Bouquet, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Lisa Elbertsen, a potter and crocheter from British Columbia, wrote the following to our Crochet Bouquet Along group on Ravelry: “I do pottery and I am always trying to imprint my clay with live ferns. It usually works but it needs to be quite deep into the clay...
