by Suzann Thompson | May 30, 2021 | Knitting, Life, Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Yellow Around the House Awww, Izzy. She was a pretty and sweet cat! Like many animals we’ve known, she knew how to present herself to her best advantage. The Holstein-patterned fuzzy fabric matched her perfectly and made us wonder “Is it a cat? Is it a...
by Suzann Thompson | May 29, 2021 | Crochet, Knitting, Life, Quilting and Crafting, TextileFusion
Consulting the Experts Maybe we don’t think about it every day, but we are surrounded by the work of color experts. Fashion, food, craft magazines, advertisements, variegated yarns, and print fabrics are created for maximum appeal. Creators want you to buy them,...
by Suzann Thompson | May 29, 2021 | Crochet, Knitting, Life, Quilting and Crafting, TextileFusion
A Suffusion of Yellow This is the last of four installments of my article about how to study a color with the goal of using it in your craft. I’m using the color yellow as an example for following the method. You can use the same method with any color. Do you...
by Suzann Thompson | May 16, 2021 | Crochet, Life, TextileFusion
My mom taught me to knit when I was seven years old. I loved it immediately. Sometime later, she got out a crochet hook and some yarn, to teach me how to crochet. I was not interested. The early 1970s rolled around, and Mom picked up a Woman’s Day magazine at...
by Suzann Thompson | Apr 18, 2021 | Art Quilt, Crochet, Doily Adventure, Knitting, Life, TextileFusion
The good thing about having several projects going at once, is that sometimes you finish a couple or three of them in rapid succession. This week’s finishing streak began with a TextileFusion project called A Very Bright Spot in 2020. It’s based on a photo...
by Suzann Thompson | Aug 6, 2018 | Crochet, Doily Adventure, Life, Retro Blog Post
On a Saturday in July, I went to my first Needles and Friends meeting in Comanche, Texas. For some reason, as I drove along the driveway, my macramé cord doily popped into my mind. It’s a big doily that usually hangs with the Celebrate Doilies...
