by Suzann Thompson | Jul 17, 2007 | Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
I’m away from home this week on an adventure unlike any I’ve ever had. It’s a conference for children’s writers at the Chautauqua Institution in New York, organized by the Highlights for Children Foundation. If you never had Highlights for...
by Suzann Thompson | Jul 15, 2007 | Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Wow! Thanks to Diana at KnitThisToo for tagging me as a Rockin’ Girl Blogger. It’s a great tag, because you get this fabulous button, and all you have to do is nominate your own Rockin’ Girl Bloggers. I tag Knitting Painter Woman because her blog is...
by Suzann Thompson | Jul 12, 2007 | Crochet, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Look at this gorgeous dress made from crocheted flowers! It is from a Russian magazine, called Duplet. There are a lot more garments like this on this web site. I found out about it from the Irish Crochet Lovers group on Yahoo. I had to have one of these magazines for...
by Suzann Thompson | Jul 10, 2007 | Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
I’ve been meaning to make this dress for about two years now, so when we were invited to a wedding, it seemed the right time to get it done. I cut and sewed for most of one day. My sewing has improved a lot in the last few years, and the technique looked good. Before...
by Suzann Thompson | Jun 23, 2007 | Life, Pillar Project, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
It is two years since Ian Boyle built this stone pillar in our front yard. He embedded a pipe in the stone, at an angle that would catch the sunset at summer solstice. Later we found out it catches the sunrise on the winter solstice, too. The day was cloudy, and I was...
by Suzann Thompson | Jun 19, 2007 | Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
The rain kept us inside last week, so we settled in my daughters’ room with a book tape. We love listening to Hank the Cowdog audio books, which are read by author John R. Erickson. They are so funny! Anyway, I sat on the floor with my crocheting, and Eva had a...
