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Crochet Charm Lace Examples

by Suzann Thompson | Oct 11, 2021 | Crochet, Crochet Charm Lace, TextileFusion

Our bookshelves have filled with books of instructions for the cutest ever crocheted flowers, leaves, and other motifs. What can we do with all those sweet little things? We can make Crochet Charm Lace, a beautiful lacy cloth that uses up our yarn leftovers of all...

A Recycled Recycling Fairy Tale

by Suzann Thompson | Oct 6, 2021 | Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion

Hans Christian Andersen’s original fairy tales have been reused and recycled into ballets, operas, and movies. “The Flax” isn’t as well-known as some of the others. It is a tale of struggle, contentment, and recycling. The Flax Retold by Suzann...

Free Fancy Pansy Crochet Flower Pattern

by Suzann Thompson | Aug 12, 2021 | Crochet, TextileFusion

Thank you very much to all you lovely people who have bought my crochet books over the years–Crochet Bouquet, Crochet Garden, and Cute Crochet World! This free pattern is especially for you. Fancy Pansy Copyright 2021 by Suzann Thompson You can use any yarn to...

Seeking Crochet Apprentice

by Suzann Thompson | Jul 27, 2021 | Crochet, Doily Adventure, TextileFusion

I am seeking a Texas crocheter to join me in a mentor/apprenticeship team to apply for the 2022 apprenticeship program, funded by Texas Folklife. Our project will be about Texas Thread Crochet Culture. Read more about the Texas Folklife program we will apply for at...

Election Day

by Suzann Thompson | Jun 10, 2021 | Art Quilt, Crochet, Doily Adventure, TextileFusion

The wild success of a crocheted doily trim as the letter “O” in What to Do in a Democracy, got me thinking about other literary possibilities for the doilies in my collection. Let’s see. Through the summer and fall of 2020 I worked to make sure...

What to Do in a Democracy

by Suzann Thompson | Jun 7, 2021 | Art Quilt, Celebrate Doilies, Crochet, Doily Adventure, Life, TextileFusion

I was a new Volunteer Deputy Registrar in 2018. My job was to give people voter registration cards, help them understand the forms, and return the completed forms to the proper county office. It can be fun, or deadly dull, depending on how many people want to...
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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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