by Suzann Thompson | Feb 29, 2008 | Crochet, Crochet Bouquet, Knitting, Life, Workshops
Stitches West was fun! I met my roommate, button-maker extraordinaire Gail Hughes, at DFW Airport and we flew to San Jose together, talking the whole time. I went with her to Pleasanton, California, on a sales call. Well, she went on the sales call and I had breakfast...
by Suzann Thompson | Jan 30, 2008 | Knitting, Life, Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Inspired by the stuffed creatures on the cover of the most recent issue of Craft: magazine, Eva made these felt amoebas or, if you want to be correct about it, amoebae. “How do you pronounce that?” we asked each other over and over. So I finally looked it...
by Suzann Thompson | Jan 25, 2008 | Knitting, Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
The small town of Dublin, Texas, is primarily known as the home of the first Dr. Pepper bottling plant. Dublin Dr. Pepper is still made with pure cane sugar instead of nasty high fructose corn syrup. But now we’re in the news–local, national, even...
by Suzann Thompson | Jan 8, 2008 | Crochet, Knitting, Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Here it is, in all its pink glory—Ella’s Christmas stocking! It’s very ‘Ella.’ The stocking was ready in time for Christmas, and Santa put lots of good stuff into it. After Christmas, I decorated the other side, so doesn’t matter which...
by Suzann Thompson | Dec 28, 2007 | Knitting, Life, Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Woolwinder asked about our other Christmas stockings, so here they are! Charles’ mother, Gene, knitted his when he was a child. Gene is short for Eugenia, a beautiful name, though she said she didn’t like it much. It’s Ella’s middle name. I...
by Suzann Thompson | Dec 17, 2007 | Knitting, Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Ella and I discussed Christmas stockings the other day. “We have Christmas stockings somewhere,” I said. “Can you find them, Mama?” Since we moved back to Texas, Santa has been leaving small gifts and chocolate and fruit in a set of pretty,...
