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Four Days Left to See Celebrate Doilies

by Suzann Thompson | Sep 24, 2017 | Art Quilt, Celebrate Doilies, Crochet, Doily Adventure, Exhibits & Programs, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion

Don’t wait too long! You have only four more days to see the Celebrate Doilies exhibit at the Dora Lee Langdon Center in Granbury, Texas. Art quilts, stories, and poetry fill the first floor of the historic Gordon Home, beginning with Constant Comets and Sweet...

SAQA Quilt Show Opens in Abilene

by Suzann Thompson | Sep 20, 2017 | Crochet, Exhibits & Programs, Knitting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion

Today’s Quilts: Art in Stitch, a juried show of quilts by Texas members of Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA) opens today at The Center for Contemporary Art in Abilene, Texas. I’m pretty excited about the show, because two of my quilts are in it. Gaudi...

Almost Christmas

by Suzann Thompson | Sep 3, 2017 | Life, Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion

Last August, I heard the first rumblings of “It’ll be Christmas before you know it.” I was feeling pretty happy at the time, because my Christmas in July project was well underway. This year, SAME! Bucilla kit “Train—Wall Hanging” is...

Chugging Along on Christmas in July

by Suzann Thompson | Aug 6, 2017 | Life, Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion

Week 2 of working on my Christmas felt kit ended with sequinning and sewing red stripes to the white rail that will eventually be sewn to the bottom edge of the train. Week 3 was all about sequinning and sewing red stripes, too, because there were so many of them. It...

Finding Life Valance

by Suzann Thompson | Jul 28, 2017 | Crochet, Doily Adventure, Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion

Now that the Celebrate Doilies exhibit is up and running. I’m taking a break to make other stuff. Yep, I can’t stop making. We live in the country, and no one is close enough to peek into our windows. That’s why in the three and a half years we have...

Celebrate Doilies Opening Reception Today

by Suzann Thompson | Jul 22, 2017 | Art Quilt, Celebrate Doilies, Crochet, Doily Adventure, Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, Texas Crochet Heritage, TextileFusion

We’re celebrating Celebrate Doilies today, July 22, with an opening reception from noon to 2 p.m. at the Cross Timbers Fine Arts Council, 204 River North Boulevard, in Stephenville, Texas. Just look for the big doilies on the front of the building. The one on...
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Dear U. S. Citizens, Most of us have pledged our Dear U. S. Citizens,

Most of us have pledged our allegiance to the flag of the United States of America hundreds of times. We pledge our allegiance to the flag of a nation with liberty and justice for all.

That means liberty and justice are not exclusively for the people we like best, but for everybody else in the United States as well.

So honor your pledge by voting for candidates who will protect liberty and justice for all, because you have pledged your allegiance to that concept over and over again.

All means all.
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…And Justice for All quilt was completed in 2023, by me.

#PledgeOfAllegiance #LibertyAndJusticeForAll #Vote2026 #AllMeansAll #FiletCrochet
The early morning sunshine lit up Charles‘s garden The early morning sunshine lit up Charles‘s garden. 💛🧡
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#FallGarden #SquashBlossoms #Marigolds #CowpenDaisy
Wow! This lovely collar* comes with a Certificate Wow! This lovely collar* comes with a Certificate of Authenticity by some supposed authority in the UK, certifying that it is real, authentic Irish crochet. 

Do you see the problem with this?

It goes to show that some claims on Certificates of Authenticity are not true. And that not all people calling themselves experts are what they claim to be.

It certainly is beautiful lace, just not Irish Crochet or any other kind of crochet.

* It really is a collar, but I wanted you to be able to see the details of its construction. Should have taken a picture of the whole thing. Maybe next time.
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#CrochetDetective #NotCrochet #KnowYourLaces
An avalanche is like a landslide, only it is made An avalanche is like a landslide, only it is made of snowflakes instead of mud. That is what this quilt, Snowflakes Create Avalanches, is about.

Fellow Snowflakes, let's vote and cause an avalanche for Democracy.

More about this quilt at https://textilefusion.com/blog/

#TextileFusion #Vote #Snowflakes
Close! Mostly I used this No. 10 crochet cotton by Close! Mostly I used this No. 10 crochet cotton by the American Thread Company. Definitely vintage. ❤️
Crocheting these vintage bedspread/tablecloth/doil Crocheting these vintage bedspread/tablecloth/doily motifs has been educational. I think they’re beautiful, but I’m -not- tempted to make a bedspread or tablecloth out of any one of them. 

The square at top right, designed in the 1940s or so by Cecilia Vanek, is from the Puritan Bedspread aka County Clare Bedspread. Free pattern here: https://freevintagecrochet.com/bedspread-patterns/star208/puritan-bedspread-pattern

The other three are in 150 Favorite Crochet Designs, Ed. Mary Carolyn Waldrep (Dover), and online sources.

#CrochetSquares #BedspreadSquares #VintageCrochet #Motif #Crochet
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