by Suzann Thompson | Apr 2, 2015 | Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Try your hand at TextileFusion on April 18th, 2015, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., at The San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, San Jose, California. This sample quilt is similar to what we will be making. It started as a thrift store sweater. Register and read more about it...
by Suzann Thompson | Mar 16, 2015 | Knitting, Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
It was at the Interweave Knitting Lab, October 2012, in Manchester, New Hampshire. I was teaching a class about how to knit mosaic patterns and design your own. The workshop participants were enthusiastic and they were close to completing our first mosaic sample: a...
by Suzann Thompson | Mar 5, 2015 | Art Quilt, Knitting, Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
The day I learned about foundation piecing was a great day in my wall hanging career. The book that taught me was Precision Pieced Quilts Using the Foundation Method by Jane Hall and Dixie Haywood. The technique solved some problems I encountered while trying to piece...
by Suzann Thompson | Mar 5, 2015 | Art Quilt, Crochet, Knitting, Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
“They look like aliens,” said my husband, when he saw this photo, blown up to poster size. It’s a very close-up view of Antelope Horns milkweed, one of the coolest flowers I love. We saw this particular plant on my parents’ place and I believe...
by Suzann Thompson | Feb 18, 2015 | Crochet, Crochet Charm Lace, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
We’ll have a lot to celebrate on March 17 this year. Naturally we’ll be wearing green (or our color of choice) for St. Patrick’s Day. Then we can mosey down to the nearest newsstand for a copy of the Spring 2015 issue of Interweave Crochet. One of my...
by Suzann Thompson | Feb 12, 2015 | Knitting, Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Moths have good taste. They chose to place their offspring on my beloved cherry sweater, which I knitted by hand from Sasha Kagan’s Big and Little Sweaters. On their way to adulthood, the baby moths nibbled more holes than I wanted to repair. So I put the cherry...
