by Suzann Thompson | Apr 24, 2005 | Art Quilt, Knitting, Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion, Workshops
Here’s the background of the Design Workshop sample, knitted on the Ultimate Sweater Machine, with keyplate 2-dot. The class sample begins above the dark row about three inches from the bottom. I made a tuck in the side, to see if I could mimic the shape of the...
by Suzann Thompson | Apr 23, 2005 | Knitting, Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion, Workshops
On June 2, 2005, I’m teaching a design workshop in Indiana for Camp Iwannaknit 2005. We will design, knit, and embellish an underwater scene, using marine life photographs as inspiration. With only six hours to do all this, we will design on the fly (no gauge...
by Suzann Thompson | Apr 22, 2005 | Art Quilt, Knitting, Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion, Workshops
The knitted embellishments are done, with a few alterations from last post’s plan. You’ll see I made two new orange coral pieces. The lighter one just didn’t look right. Sometimes you can’t tell until you knit it and put the pieces together. I...
by Suzann Thompson | Mar 6, 2005 | Art Quilt, Crochet, Knitting, Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
When I was a kid, my dad, Alan Thompson, would shake his head and say, “There’s a right way, a wrong way, and a Suzie way.” I sure didn’t want to do anything the wrong way, and usually we already knew how to something the so-called right way. I...
by Suzann Thompson | Feb 4, 2004 | Polymer Clay, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
We love buttons. We sort buttons. We sew buttons. We make buttons. So we were really happy when we found out about the Texas State Button Society Show and Sale, March 23 to 24 of this year, near Dallas! It’s only about a three-hour drive for us! We’re...
