by Suzann Thompson | Oct 22, 2026 | Crochet, Earthen House, Life, Quilting and Crafting
Years before we built our earthen house, we bought a carved stone alcove in anticipation. We eventually embedded it in the northeast corner of the living room, where it waited even more years for the next thing to happen. The next thing was to furnish the alcove for a...
by Suzann Thompson | Oct 20, 2026 | Art Quilt, Celebrate Doilies, Crochet, Life, Quilting and Crafting, TextileFusion
Early voting for the 2026 midterm election started yesterday in Texas and quite a few more states. Charles and I voted this morning. My fellow U. S. Citizens, have you voted yet? If so—yay! If not, look up where your polling place is and when it is open, decide when...
by Suzann Thompson | Oct 19, 2026 | Crochet, Doily Adventure, Life, Quilting and Crafting, TextileFusion
Two of my friends love Halloween. It wouldn’t be going too far out on a limb to claim that Alissa has more Halloween decorations than decorations for Christmas. She is fond of the skeleton aesthetic. During COVID times, my daughters stayed in her house for a...
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...
