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...
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...
