by Suzann Thompson | May 27, 2005 | Life, Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Tonight Charles and I made the last buttons of the year for our daughter Eva’s school. I think it’s more accurate to call them badges, but a lot of people refer to them as buttons. Either way, as diligent PTO members, we made hundreds of them this year for...
by Suzann Thompson | May 9, 2005 | Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion, Workshops
My new buttons samples are finally done! The workshop is Friday afternoon, June 3, at Camp Iwannaknit 2005. There’s still room in the class! We will make five styles of buttons: fake lapis buttons and color swirl buttons in polymer clay, felt buttons, and two...
by Suzann Thompson | May 4, 2005 | Crochet, Knitting, Life, Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion, Workshops
The Wool Festival at Taos takes place the first full weekend in October, and you can attend fabulous fiber and textile workshops before and after the Festival weekend. The workshop descriptions are up on the web site, and you can register now. UPDATE 2022: The...
by Suzann Thompson | Apr 28, 2005 | Art Quilt, Knitting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion, Workshops
I knitted seaweed and coral last night. Now I have a much better idea of what I will need to complete the sample. I will re-knit the bright green seaweed. It was supposed to look more like the dull green, but I made the center rib too wide and the other sts too...
by Suzann Thompson | Apr 26, 2005 | Art Quilt, Knitting, Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion, Workshops
Here’s the sample from the last post, all stabilized, trimmed, quilted, and bound. We got out the button jar today, and I pulled out a bunch of buttons to embellish the piece. We have a great button collection, thanks mostly to people who clean out their stashes...
by Suzann Thompson | Apr 26, 2005 | Art Quilt, Knitting, Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Whoa. This barely comes in under my Tuesday night deadline, as long as you live in Central Standard Time or points west. The Design Workshop sample is almost done. It needs a few highlights, which I will add with some dots of acrylic paint. The fish needs a shadow,...
