by Suzann Thompson | Sep 3, 2005 | Art Quilt, Earthen House, Knitting, Life, Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
This is the walk-through gate on the west side of our new place. When I saw the finished gate, unexpected feelings and insights came to me. Before the gate, we had some clumps of trees with a couple of little glades here and there. Now, the gate separates two glades...
by Suzann Thompson | Sep 1, 2005 | Knitting, Life, Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
I finished my little felted bag—the first one I’ve ever made. It was fun to see the how knitting changed in the felting process. I tried a decorative sewing stitch on it, but found that it was too hard to regulate the feed of the felt through the machine....
by Suzann Thompson | Aug 30, 2005 | Art Quilt, Crochet, Knitting, Life, Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
This one’s called Snowflake Dreams of Spring , and I started it last year in hopes of entering it into the Spring International Quilt Festival in Chicago. Time slipped away, and I didn’t make the deadline. Also, I felt I had to redo some of the quilting...
by Suzann Thompson | Aug 19, 2005 | Crochet, Knitting, Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
My husband went down to Austin earlier this week for business. Eva, Ella, and I tagged along. We stayed in the Holiday Inn at Town Lake, and I would recommend it if you’re planning a visit to Austin. Go ahead and pay $10 extra for a lake-view room. It’s...
by Suzann Thompson | Aug 15, 2005 | Life, Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
My favorite things to order from the Herrschner’s needlecraft catalog are felt Christmas ornaments with lots of sequins. They are so cute! It’s so fun to cut along the pre-printed lines and sew the sequins on the dots provided, with the pre-measured...
by Suzann Thompson | Aug 10, 2005 | Knitting, Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
This little bag used to be my favorite pink t-shirt. When it got too holey to wear, I cut it into a long, one-inch-wide strip, starting at the bottom and cutting around and around in a sort of spiral. When it was cut, I stretched the strip and it curled in on itself...
