by Suzann Thompson | Mar 26, 2008 | Knitting, Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Eight or nine countries have exhibitions on the far side of the lake at Epcot Center in DisneyWorld. People from those countries work there. The buildings and lanes are done in the style of each country. And the shops have imports from each country. You can find some...
by Suzann Thompson | Mar 21, 2008 | Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Eva and I are recovering from a busy school trip to Florida. When we stepped out of the plane at the Orlando airport, there was a gorgeous mosaic. It was probably about 30 feet long. These pictures show only a small part of it. What a great start to our spring...
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...
