by Suzann Thompson | Apr 15, 2018 | Art Quilt, Celebrate Doilies, Doily Adventure, Exhibits & Programs, Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
The Celebrate Doilies exhibit was at the 4 North Event Center in Comanche, TX for a week in March. The vintage building on the courthouse square matched the vintage doily wall hangings and posters beautifully. You might say that Comanche is in northwest Central Texas,...
by Suzann Thompson | Mar 13, 2018 | Crochet, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
You still have a few days before St. Patrick’s Day to crochet a shamrock table mat or ornament! The pattern is part of my “Sweet Picot Heart” collection, available through Ravelry. The Shamrock is part of the “Sweet Picot Heart Motif and More”...
by Suzann Thompson | Mar 5, 2018 | Life, Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
All kinds of things happened last fall. I was going to add, “as usual,” but really, more than the usual stuff happened last fall. My final Christmas in July report got forgotten in the shuffle. The good news is that the Santa Train was finished on time! In...
by Suzann Thompson | Mar 4, 2018 | Art Quilt, Celebrate Doilies, Crochet, Doily Adventure, Exhibits & Programs, Knitting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
If you hurry, you can see the Celebrate Doilies exhibit at the W. K. Gordon Center for Industrial History, in Mingus, Texas. The exhibit will be there through March 15, 2018. The photos are from the presentation Sandi Horton and I gave on Sunday, February 25th. My...
by Suzann Thompson | Dec 17, 2017 | Art Quilt, Crochet, Knitting, Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Britain’s National Gallery has a film series called Art Gold. On Twitter recently, the Gallery urged people to watch, using #artgold. People and museums took over the hashtag, tweeting golden artifacts, golden jewelry, and art of gold. What a wonder! I got into...
by Suzann Thompson | Sep 30, 2017 | Life, Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Last time I reported on my Christmas in July project, the Santa Train was being chased by a headless snowman. Poor guy! At least he got a head (ahead?) in Week 9, but it would be two more weeks before the snowman was finally able to climb aboard the train. The...
