by Suzann Thompson | Nov 14, 2005 | Life, Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Thanks to Bob Dollar, Nero Wolfe, the Dallas Cowboys and the Texas Longhorns, the latch hook snowman rug/wall hanging is completely latched. I listened to tapes of Annie Proulx’s That Old Ace in the Hole (Bob Dollar is the main character), and a couple of Rex Stout...
by Suzann Thompson | Oct 26, 2005 | Life, Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post
Each student in my daughter’s fifth grade class wrote a report on a state. Her state was Alaska, and she wrote about the usual topics. My husband let her in on many of his professional secrets of map-drawing. Naturally, I always try to get her interested in the...
by Suzann Thompson | Oct 20, 2005 | Knitting, Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Yesterday was marked by three separate magazine encounters. The fall issue of INKnitters arrived, and there was my article about Fire Ant Ranch, with lots of pretty pictures. In a box, set off from the rest of the text, I wrote about the 2005 Taos Wool Festival. Oops!...
by Suzann Thompson | Oct 17, 2005 | Art Quilt, Exhibits & Programs, Knitting, Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
I arrived at Joy’s Fabrics a little after nine o’clock, to find Joy and her husband, George, already setting up for my talk to the Busy Bees Sewing Group. We brought in my piles of samples, and organized them for the program. Before long, the ladies came...
by Suzann Thompson | Oct 7, 2005 | Exhibits & Programs, Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Here are the finished projects from the ‘Small Quilts and Tote Bags from Your Old Sweaters’ workshop. Randi admitted a sewing machine phobia at the beginning of class, but she really wanted to make a tote bag. So she plunged in. As we worked out the construction...
by Suzann Thompson | Oct 6, 2005 | Knitting, Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Tuesday was a long, hard-working, fun day. I had the best possible students in my ‘Quilts and Tote Bags from Your Old Sweaters’ workshop. I dutifully provided a tote bag pattern, all written out with measurements and everything. None of them used it. They all...
