by Suzann Thompson | Sep 10, 2026 | Art Quilt, Crochet, Doily Adventure, Knitting, Life, TextileFusion
The year 2020 was like no other in our lives. Many died. Many of the rest of us were lucky (?) enough to stay home to try and avoid catching the COVID virus. My husband Charles went to work, because completing his geoarchaeological work was considered essential for...
by Suzann Thompson | Sep 6, 2026 | Crochet, Doily Adventure, Life, TextileFusion
The Trading Post, a good sized antique mall in Lampasas, Texas, has doilies all over the place! It seemed to me like an organized effort by the vendors there, to put their antique and vintage lamps, candlesticks, vases, and china on doilies. It was so pretty! This...
by Suzann Thompson | Aug 16, 2026 | Life, Quilting and Crafting, TextileFusion
Blue chambray work shirts with hand embroidery were all the rage in the early 1970s. Everybody had one! Or so it seemed to seventh-grade me. My mom encouraged embroidery and other needlework, so she bought me some embroidery floss and the correct kind of shirt. I have...
by Suzann Thompson | May 8, 2022 | Crochet, Doily Adventure, Knitting, Life, Quilting and Crafting, TextileFusion
Thank you to Ryan Castillo of Redfin, who invited theTextileFusion.com team (me) to contribute to his blog post, “Experts Share How to Introduce Texture and Patterns into Your Home Design.” Ryan encouraged contributors to republish his post with their own...
by Suzann Thompson | Apr 7, 2022 | Life, Quilting and Crafting, TextileFusion
In June 2005, my little family visited Suzanne Correira’s Fire Ant Ranch in Elgin, Texas. I bought fleece and planned to unpack my spinning wheel and spin it all up. I missed spinning! Okay, well. I did get out the spinning wheel and spun about half a bobbin of...
by Suzann Thompson | Apr 2, 2022 | Knitting, Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
My friend, Jane Hurwitz, created a book called Instructions for Handknit for an article I wrote, “Handmade and Altered Books for Knitters,” INKnitters, pp. 6, ff., Vol. 5, No.3, Winter 2005. We met in the late 1990s and were pleased to find that both of us...
