by Suzann Thompson | Jul 25, 2016 | Art Quilt, Exhibits & Programs, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Mama Lion, which debuted in a big way last year on World Lion Day, was featured during June 2016 at the Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery, as part of the Animals Art Exhibition, Special Merit Award Category. I’m pleased to share (or show off, if you...
by Suzann Thompson | Jul 21, 2016 | Art Quilt, Celebrate Doilies, Crochet, Crochet Garden, Doily Adventure, Knitting, Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Quilters and other crafters are generous people! I picked up this long, skinny seed packet panel at a quilt guild meeting—someone was cleaning out old projects and brought it to the giveaway table. The panel was about 11 inches wide and 37.5 inches long. It lay in my...
by Suzann Thompson | Jul 21, 2016 | Crochet, Cute Crochet World, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Image copyright Love of Crochet/Caleb Young, Photographer. I’m so pleased to have Cute Crochet World’s Horse Chestnut Leaf featured in this lovely wrap! Instructions are in the Fall 2016 issue of Love of Crochet magazine, which will be on the newsstands in...
by Suzann Thompson | Jul 15, 2016 | Crochet, Cute Crochet World, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Horse chestnuts! They’re such cool trees, and I would never have known about them if we hadn’t moved to England. Their flowers are fancy and frilly, and they produce very hard nuts. Their leaves inspired the “Horse Chestnut Leaf” design in Cute...
by Suzann Thompson | Jun 1, 2016 | Art Quilt, Celebrate Doilies, Crochet, Crochet Bouquet, Crochet Garden, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Blue and orange “Czech Festival Flowers” from Crochet Garden made me think of hollyhocks and other tall flower stalks. For ideas on how to arrange with tall flowers, I typed “tall flower arrangements” into Google Images. The computer screen...
by Suzann Thompson | May 31, 2016 | Art Quilt, Celebrate Doilies, Knitting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
When Afternoon’s background was done (see previous post), the cut-out vase and teacup became patterns. I cut the cup further, into saucer, outside cup, and inside cup pieces, and those pieces into pieces again. I arranged the pattern shapes onto knitted fabric...