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,...
by Suzann Thompson | Dec 7, 2007 | Life, Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
My mom and I discussed Eva’s artwork from the last post. Ella put her arms around me and said, “Mama, I want a blog about me!” That was perfect timing, because she just finished a wall hanging. It is mostly made from craft felt. She arranged many...
by Suzann Thompson | Dec 7, 2007 | Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
I finished the last of the felt angel ornaments! Yay! I expected heavenly music or a beautiful fanfare when I snipped the last thread, but all was quiet as I hung Angel Number 7 on our ficus tree. Before the job could really, really be finished, the project bag had to...
by Suzann Thompson | Nov 30, 2007 | Life, Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
We came into a mother lode of buttons a few months ago. (Thank you, Joy!) They’re plain shirt-type buttons in many colors. Eva can think of more ways to use them. She wanted to make Christmas ornaments from pine cones, and the buttons seemed the natural choice....
by Suzann Thompson | Nov 25, 2007 | Knitting, Life, Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Friday was a sad, sad day for Texas Longhorn fans. It was embarrassing, really. We’ve always told Eva, who goes to school with a number of kids whose parents are Aggies (which means they’re Aggies, too. It runs in families.), that when UT and A&M get...
