by Suzann Thompson | Jul 1, 2005 | Knitting, Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
After many weeks of working way too late at night to meet a couple of publication deadlines and prepare for a teaching gig, then spending nine intense days with our friends from England, I decided to take a week or so off work. I am knitting on my KAL projects, sewing...
by Suzann Thompson | Jun 23, 2005 | Art Quilt, Crochet, Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion, Workshops
Crochet flowers and leaves are surprisingly easy to make, and they can be used to such great effect! We will make several kinds of flowers and leaves, discussing how to alter the basic pattern for different effects. We will talk about ways to use crochet flora, and I...
by Suzann Thompson | Jun 15, 2005 | Knitting, Life, Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
I did the last bit of sewing on my ReKAL project a few days ago in a hotel room. My husband turned the air-conditioning way, way low, and I was freezing. I kept dozing, there in the cold, and sewing the binding whenever I woke up. Finally, the last stitch was done....
by Suzann Thompson | May 28, 2005 | Crochet, Knitting, Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion, Workshops
This is the first of several posts for people who are interested in my workshops at the Taos Wool Festival. I tried to publish them privately, but they are so private, even I can’t look at them. In Great Design Skills for Knitting or Crochet, we’ll design...
by Suzann Thompson | May 28, 2005 | Knitting, Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion, Workshops
GREAT NEWS!!! Husqvarna Viking will be providing sewing machines for this workshop. That means we’ll have the best equipment to work on in class, plus a person to assist us with the machines. So you don’t have to know much about machine sewing to sign up...
by Suzann Thompson | May 28, 2005 | Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion, Workshops
The name of one of the classes I will be teaching at the Taos Wool Festival is Alternative Tassels and Trims. Here are pics of two tassels I made with the alternative method I will teach in the workshop at Taos. Both of these have polymer clay tops, but our workshop...
