by Suzann Thompson | Jun 21, 2006 | Pillar Project, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Today is the first anniversary of Ian Boyle’s Pillar Project. Ian built a dry stone pillar in our front yard, which looks to the sunset through a pipe embedded in the stone. He positioned the pillar to catch the summer solstice sunset. Here is this year’s...
by Suzann Thompson | Jun 16, 2006 | Crochet, Doily Adventure, Life, Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
The Joneses, who live near us, recently opened an antique store in Dublin, Texas, across from the Dr. Pepper Museum. We were already acquainted, because Mrs. Jones’ granddaughters were on the same softball team as my daughter. My mother, my girls, and I had a...
by Suzann Thompson | Jun 14, 2006 | Art Quilt, Crochet, Knitting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
We had a button planning session today for the Snowflake wall hanging. I arranged buttons. Eva gave advice. We moved buttons around. We added more buttons. We took buttons away. Eva took pictures. Ella jumped over everything repeatedly. Here is the arrangement we...
by Suzann Thompson | Jun 12, 2006 | Art Quilt, Crochet, Knitting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
The true secret of being a productive writer, quilter, or knitter is known as “butt in chair.” For some odd reason, the work doesn’t get done if you’re out shopping, daydreaming, playing with your kids, etc. Yes, I know that knitters can...
by Suzann Thompson | Jun 9, 2006 | Knitting, Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion, Workshops
After a yummy Sunday breakfast of eggs and pancakes, we went off to our last morning of classes at the Iwannaknit ReTreat. My workshop was Recycling Old Sweaters into Tote Bags. We had a good variety of sweaters from thrift shops and personal collections. Soon we were...
by Suzann Thompson | Jun 8, 2006 | Knitting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion, Workshops
Our Iwannaknit ReTreat location was formerly a convent, which might explain the presence of a church attached to our convention building. The church portion of the building must be at least 100 years old, judging by these beautiful details. The smooth plaster finish...
