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Decorate Your Crocheted Cozy Home

by Suzann Thompson | Aug 7, 2014 | Crochet, Cute Crochet World, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion

Time to customize our Cozy Home! Page 136 of Cute Crochet World gives instructions for all kinds of add-ons: gable vent, window boxes, shrubbery, lintels, and chimney. The first three are crocheted separately and sewn on. Lintels can be embroidered or crocheted....

Step-by-Step Cozy Home

by Suzann Thompson | Aug 3, 2014 | Crochet, Cute Crochet World, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion

I’ve always been a very home-oriented person. The day I started working from home, in 1993 I think, was a great day. December 19, 2013 was another wonderful day—we moved into our earthen home, much of it built by me with the help of friends and family. Would you...

The Search for a New Planet Continues

by Suzann Thompson | Jul 13, 2014 | Crochet, Cute Crochet World, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion

In the last installment of our #cutecrochetworld story, Rog and Pam were looking for new planet, where they could settle down. Finding the perfect planet was more difficult than they thought. The perfect planet for crocheted life as we know it must not be too close to...

Giveaway at Lark Crafts!

by Suzann Thompson | Jul 10, 2014 | Crochet, Cute Crochet World, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion

Enter for a chance to win a copy of Cute Crochet World and a motif from the book! To enter, visit the Lark Crafts blog, and leave a comment by Friday, July 11, 2014. The motifs are the Vintage Television, a Martian Costumed Kid, and Gingerbread People. The patterns...

Corrections to Cute Crochet World

by Suzann Thompson | Jun 30, 2014 | Crochet, Cute Crochet World, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion

Errata for Cute Crochet World Cheese Sandwich on a Kaiser Roll, page 57 Third column, second paragraph, 4th and 5th lines down should read “transfer ch-2 lp of Rnd 2” not Rnd 1. Same page and column, end of Rnd 6 should read “join with a sl st to ch2...

Step-by-Step Baby Carriage

by Suzann Thompson | Jun 18, 2014 | Crochet, Cute Crochet World, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion

Louanne is going to crochet a Baby Carriage for a baby shower gift. Great idea! She needed help visualizing how the pattern worked, so here are some photos. Find instruction for crocheting the Baby Carriage on pages 106-107 of Cute Crochet World. Even though you begin...
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The Center for Knit and Crochet’s new Maria C. Val The Center for Knit and Crochet’s new Maria C. Vallejo Lace Collection is live!

“Center for Knit and Crochet is honored to be the digital home of the Maria C. Vallejo Lace Collection, Photographed by George A. Leinonen. 
Start exploring today digital.centerforknitandcrochet.org/mcvcollection ” 

I’m proud to have served as a CKC Board member since 2018. The Maria C. Vallejo Lace Collection has been years in the making, with a lot of hard work from experts on our Board of Directors. I’m not an expert in collections, but I got to help out as a proofreader. We all pitched in.

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I was never very fond of this bedtime prayer, wher I was never very fond of this bedtime prayer, where children had to think about the possibility of dying in their sleep. But I have to admit this filet crocheted version of the prayer with pictures of children was Impressive. You can find the pattern for sale at vintageknitcrochet.net – swipe to see.
Seen at the Austin Citywide Vintage Sale, where Michael Longcrier has his many vintage embroideries, bandannas, quilts, crochet, and clothing piled on tables. He used to sell by the pound, but now he casts his experienced eye over your pile of stuff, and makes mental calculations to arrive at a price.
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Found this at the Austin Citywide Vintage Sale, an Found this at the Austin Citywide Vintage Sale, and wondered “what could this be?“ The mystery deepened when I found three of the same shapes attached to each each other – swipe to see. There were two or three more of the singles, so what do you think? Is this a set of…um…something?
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Political Circus, by Misty M. Cole, was part of 50 Political Circus, by Misty M. Cole, was part of 50 Years of Great Quilts at @quiltfestival last week. It’s a delightful riff on Eveline Foland’s Giddap the Very Democratic Donkey  and Ararat the Elephant designs from the 1930s. They’re oh so familiar to me, bc I made them a few years ago. It was great to see this fun new interpretation of fun old designs. Swipe to see more. 
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The magnificent 50 Years of Great Quilts exhibit c The magnificent 50 Years of Great Quilts exhibit celebrates the 50th anniversary of the International Quilt Festival. The mostly red, white, and blue quilts hang inside and outside of a big tube of quilts. I wish you could see it in person!

Swipe to see a better pic of the quilt tube. Swipe again to see what I wrote about my quilt What to Do in a Democracy. 

I’m thrilled to be included in this exhibit!❤️🤍💙
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Do you see the Register to Vote quilt, called What Do you see the Register to Vote quilt, called What to Do in a Democracy? That’s mine! I made it! It’s my own design! I’m so pleased and proud it is part of this exhibit. ❤️🤍💙

Reposting this photo from @quiltfestival — https://www.instagram.com/p/DBq2tmCNC90/?igsh=MTc4dXM0bmJndHN0ZQ==

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