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Crochet Bouquet Tutorials List

by Suzann Thompson | Mar 16, 2022 | Crochet, Crochet Bouquet, TextileFusion

Here’s help for some of the flower patterns in Crochet Bouquet. I’ll update this post as I add more of my lost retro-posts to this blog. If you need help with a flower or leaf from the book, and you don’t see it here, please contact me at...

Valentine’s Day is for Fun

by Suzann Thompson | Feb 14, 2022 | Art Quilt, Crochet, Crochet Garden, Knitting, Life, Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion

In elementary school, each one of us students gave a silly little Valentine’s Day card to every other student in the class. The idea of fun and silliness is forever linked to Valentine’s Day in my mind. I’m surprised and saddened to be reminded that,...

Kerrville Honeycomb Doily Origin Story

by Suzann Thompson | Jan 14, 2022 | Celebrate Doilies, Crochet, Doily Adventure, TextileFusion

Hexie quilts are so pretty and simple, they’ve inspired many a quilter to take up paper-piecing. Quilters get into the slow process of hand-sewing the hexies together, and one day, they have sewn together enough motifs for a quilt top! I’m all about...

Crochet Charm Lace Examples

by Suzann Thompson | Oct 11, 2021 | Crochet, Crochet Charm Lace, TextileFusion

Our bookshelves have filled with books of instructions for the cutest ever crocheted flowers, leaves, and other motifs. What can we do with all those sweet little things? We can make Crochet Charm Lace, a beautiful lacy cloth that uses up our yarn leftovers of all...

Free Fancy Pansy Crochet Flower Pattern

by Suzann Thompson | Aug 12, 2021 | Crochet, TextileFusion

Thank you very much to all you lovely people who have bought my crochet books over the years–Crochet Bouquet, Crochet Garden, and Cute Crochet World! This free pattern is especially for you. Fancy Pansy Copyright 2021 by Suzann Thompson You can use any yarn to...

Seeking Crochet Apprentice

by Suzann Thompson | Jul 27, 2021 | Crochet, Doily Adventure, TextileFusion

I am seeking a Texas crocheter to join me in a mentor/apprenticeship team to apply for the 2022 apprenticeship program, funded by Texas Folklife. Our project will be about Texas Thread Crochet Culture. Read more about the Texas Folklife program we will apply for at...
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In the summer of 2025, @let_me_ellaborate and @wre In the summer of 2025, @let_me_ellaborate and @wren.nests created a mosaic of willow-pattern china shards for the top shelf of a little bookcase. Their work helped me muster the energy to repaint the bookcase, and later to grout the mosaic. I put the bookcase back in my bedroom and loaded the books back on the lower shelves. The poor tissue box sits on the floor now, because I am not going to put anything on top of that mosaic, if I can help it! Thank you, Ella and Wren!❤️❤️ • #WillowPattern #EnglishChina #Mosaic #FamilyProject
Time to starch some of these vintage-style crochet Time to starch some of these vintage-style crochet motifs! This time I pinned them dry and used spray starch. I crocheted them from 150 Favorite Crochet Designs, ed. Mary Carolyn Waldrep, Dover Publications. • #ThreadCrochet #VintageMotifs #StarchingCrochet
We stopped by The Trading Post antique mall in Lam We stopped by The Trading Post antique mall in Lampasas, TX, the other day, and found crochet galore! Doilies were everywhere! And, among other crocheted things, there were cute crocheted potholders probably from the 1940s and 50s.❤️ Read a little more about it at https://textilefusion.com/doily-heaven-in-lampasas/ or click the link in bio. • #CrochetGalore #TheTradingPost #LampasasTX #CelebrateDoilies
My fellow US Citizens and Texans, if you aren’t ye My fellow US Citizens and Texans, if you aren’t yet registered to vote, now is the time! We have midterm elections coming up in November, and time is passing faster than it seems. The deadline to register in Texas is October 5th. Visit https://textilefusion.com/its-time-to-register/ or click on link in bio for more important dates, live links, and the story of this quilt.❤️🤍💙 • #RegisterToVote #RegistrationDeadline #DoilyO #CelebrateDoilies #PoliticalQuilt
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/ • #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. • #CrochetBedDoll #BedDoll #AnniePotter #BenbrookAntiqueMall
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