by Suzann Thompson | Feb 12, 2015 | Knitting, Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Moths have good taste. They chose to place their offspring on my beloved cherry sweater, which I knitted by hand from Sasha Kagan’s Big and Little Sweaters. On their way to adulthood, the baby moths nibbled more holes than I wanted to repair. So I put the cherry...
by Suzann Thompson | Nov 10, 2014 | Art Quilt, Crochet, Crochet Bouquet, Knitting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
I wish September began with a P, so we could use it in this catchy name: Productive Peptember. Okay, I’m laughing, because it looks so funny in print. Microsoft Word doesn’t have a synonym for “productive” that begins with S, so I’m off...
by Suzann Thompson | Oct 5, 2014 | Art Quilt, Crochet, Exhibits & Programs, Knitting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
My mom and I went to the Threads of Texas Quilt Show on October 3 to see all the beautiful quilts made mostly by members of the Town & Country Quilt Guild of Stephenville, Texas. We hadn’t even made our way to the quilt exhibit, before my friend Hazel saw...
by Suzann Thompson | Sep 15, 2014 | Knitting, Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
I placed a darkly colorful man’s sweater on the thrift-shop counter. The cashier looked at me apprehensively. “Do you realize this sweater is 100 percent wool?” she asked. Yes, I did. That’s why I bought it. Frankly I was amazed that such a...
by Suzann Thompson | Sep 10, 2014 | Art Quilt, Crochet, Crochet Bouquet, Knitting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
The Firewheel Meadows quilt is due at the 2014 Threads of Texas Quilt Show on October 1. So far, I’m making steady progress toward the finish line by appliqueing four flowers a day onto the quilt. See the flowers at the left of the picture, with the petals...
by Suzann Thompson | Aug 31, 2014 | Art Quilt, Crochet, Crochet Bouquet, Knitting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Oh, those challenging firewheel centers! The dark, bloomed-out flowerets are around the outside of the center, while the yellow, currently-blooming flowerets are toward the center. Clearly this called for homemade buttons.
