by Suzann Thompson | May 13, 2021 | Art Quilt, Celebrate Doilies, Crochet, Quilting and Crafting, TextileFusion
Graceful yellow flowers grow in front of a crocheted table mat, their brilliant color contrasting with the pale green fabrics of the quilt top. The flowers and the pretty filet crochet mat remind me of a time when more people took time to beautify their homes with...
by Suzann Thompson | May 8, 2021 | Art Quilt, Celebrate Doilies, Crochet, Crochet Bouquet, Crochet Garden, TextileFusion
A fragment of patchwork, a delicate doily, and piece of filet crochet hint at three of the stories in this neatly-kept house. No matter how many floors they may have, all the homes in the places we live, have many stories. In Mirra Bank’s book, Anonymous was a...
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 | Jun 23, 2018 | Art Quilt, Celebrate Doilies, Crochet, Cute Crochet World, Doily Adventure, Knitting, Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Fridays are fun on Twitter. The process actually starts the Saturday before, when the Colour Collective (@Clr_Collective) posts a color for the week. The idea is for artists to create a piece using that color, or to find a previous work that has the color in it. On...
by Suzann Thompson | Jun 14, 2018 | Art Quilt, Crochet, Exhibits & Programs, Knitting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Antelope Horns in the Library We were back in Bastrop, Texas, this weekend for another Bastrop Art in Public Places event. This time my daughter came along, and our first stop was the Bastrop Public Library on Church Street. For the next year, the library will be home...
by Suzann Thompson | Jun 12, 2018 | Art Quilt, Celebrate Doilies, Crochet, Doily Adventure, Exhibits & Programs, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Hot Snakes and doilies? Yeah, I was kind of confused, too, when I read the first paragraph of this article by journalist Dave Thomas of the Austin American-Statesman. But read on—it all begins to make sense. Many thanks to Dave for writing about the Celebrate Doilies...
