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...
by Suzann Thompson | Nov 20, 2007 | Life, Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
While the Dallas Cowboys played on Sunday, I worked on Ella’s cardigan sleeve. I used the usual method of decreasing one stitch each side, every fourth row, from the beginning of the armhole shaping down to the wrist. That proportion works for almost every...
by Suzann Thompson | Nov 14, 2007 | Life, Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
We went to Hamilton on Saturday night, to hear Eva play in the All-District Middle School Concert Band. They sounded great! Eva looked great, too. She talked me into making her this green skirt. She was going to try sewing it about a year ago, but got distracted by...
by Suzann Thompson | Nov 8, 2007 | Life, Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
The hair of these little gals is what finally put me over the edge, and caused me to put them away, unfinished, for several years. It never seemed to work out right. For one thing, I could never get it to adequately cover the blue dotted lines on the face, which mark...
by Suzann Thompson | Nov 4, 2007 | Knitting, Life, Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Last spring, when I was consumed by crocheted flowers, four-year-old Ella looked at me soulfully and said, “Mama, when you’re done with your book, would you knit me a pink and purple sweater?” How could I resist such sweetness, not to mention the big...
