by Suzann Thompson | Aug 30, 2005 | Art Quilt, Crochet, Knitting, Life, Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
This one’s called Snowflake Dreams of Spring , and I started it last year in hopes of entering it into the Spring International Quilt Festival in Chicago. Time slipped away, and I didn’t make the deadline. Also, I felt I had to redo some of the quilting...
by Suzann Thompson | Aug 23, 2005 | Art Quilt, Knitting, Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Today I sewed the last of 89 buttons on my Ladybug wall hanging. Probably everybody knows this trick already, but I learned it only recently from Sue Hausmann’s Sew Fast, Faster, Fastest. Double your sewing thread, and thread it into the needle, so that you have...
by Suzann Thompson | Aug 19, 2005 | Crochet, Knitting, Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
My husband went down to Austin earlier this week for business. Eva, Ella, and I tagged along. We stayed in the Holiday Inn at Town Lake, and I would recommend it if you’re planning a visit to Austin. Go ahead and pay $10 extra for a lake-view room. It’s...
by Suzann Thompson | Aug 10, 2005 | Knitting, Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
This little bag used to be my favorite pink t-shirt. When it got too holey to wear, I cut it into a long, one-inch-wide strip, starting at the bottom and cutting around and around in a sort of spiral. When it was cut, I stretched the strip and it curled in on itself...
by Suzann Thompson | Jul 15, 2005 | Knitting, Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Last night, while listening to a book on tape, I stitched the sleeves into the body of my KnitRedKAL cardigan. Here it is! The photo makes the sweater seem harshly stripey, but it is a very soft, fuzzy sweater. Can you tell in this close up? The three KALs I joined...
by Suzann Thompson | Jul 1, 2005 | Knitting, Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
After many weeks of working way too late at night to meet a couple of publication deadlines and prepare for a teaching gig, then spending nine intense days with our friends from England, I decided to take a week or so off work. I am knitting on my KAL projects, sewing...
