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Irish Crochet Lace at Taos

by Suzann Thompson | Oct 18, 2009 | Crochet, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion, Workshops

The second day of our Irish Crochet class at the Taos Wool Festival, I waited, seemingly innocently, until everyone left for lunch. Once I was certain they were all gone, I tiptoed around and took pictures of a few of the class samples. At this point, we had sewn our...

Seveness at Stitches Midwest

by Suzann Thompson | Oct 11, 2009 | Knitting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion, Workshops

Stitches Midwest was relaxed and pleasant at the Schaumburg Convention Center. The market was smaller than at other Stitches events, but the yarns and books and tools were just as tempting. By the time Sunday afternoon rolled around, everyone was tired and suffering...

Gazania and Book-Signing for July

by Suzann Thompson | Jul 13, 2009 | Crochet, Crochet Bouquet, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion, Workshops

The Gazania is a bright and interesting flower, native to South Africa. It is named after a Greek-born scholar named Theodorus of Gaza, who lived in the fifteenth century. He was a famed translator of famous Greek manuscripts into Latin. Among his translations was the...

Darts and Pleats at Estes Park!

by Suzann Thompson | May 17, 2009 | Knitting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion, Workshops

In less than a month, the Estes Park Wool Market will be in full swing with two days of workshops and two days of shopping! It’s a beautiful venue, with the Rocky Mountains in the distance. The weather is perfect for wearing sweaters! I’m teaching a couple...

Book Signing in Estes Park, Colorado

by Suzann Thompson | May 17, 2009 | Crochet, Crochet Bouquet, Knitting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion, Workshops

In less than a month, the Estes Park Wool Market will be in full swing with two days of workshops and two days of shopping. It’s a beautiful venue, with the Rocky Mountains in the distance. The weather is perfect for wearing sweaters. During the market, I will...

Workshop Socks Done

by Suzann Thompson | Mar 31, 2009 | Crochet, Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion, Workshops

Eva’s crocheted socks are finished! She likes them, but we’re not sure about our dear cat, Izzy. Izzy contemplated the socks for less than a minute and then ran off. We mustn’t assume this has anything to do with her opinion of the socks, or of...
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The Town ‘n Country Quilt Guild of Stephenville, T The Town ‘n Country Quilt Guild of Stephenville, TX, close at 4 PM today. There’s time, if you live close by, to visit all the quilts and the Country Store, where you can find lots of previously loved items for sale. There was a pretty good stack of doilies yesterday, priced to move. Somebody bought a couple or three, and I don’t know what happened after that. Maybe there are some left.
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In the summer of 2025, @let_me_ellaborate and @wre In the summer of 2025, @let_me_ellaborate and @wren.nests created a mosaic of willow-pattern china shards for the top shelf of a little bookcase. Their work helped me muster the energy to repaint the bookcase, and later to grout the mosaic.
I put the bookcase back in my bedroom and loaded the books back on the lower shelves. The poor tissue box sits on the floor now, because I am not going to put anything on top of that mosaic, if I can help it! Thank you, Ella and Wren!❤️❤️ 
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Time to starch some of these vintage-style crochet Time to starch some of these vintage-style crochet motifs! This time I pinned them dry and used spray starch. 

I crocheted them from 150 Favorite Crochet Designs, ed. Mary Carolyn Waldrep, Dover Publications.
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We stopped by The Trading Post antique mall in Lam We stopped by The Trading Post antique mall in Lampasas, TX, the other day, and found crochet galore! Doilies were everywhere! And, among other crocheted things, there were cute crocheted potholders probably from the 1940s and 50s.❤️ 

Read a little more about it at https://textilefusion.com/doily-heaven-in-lampasas/ or click the link in bio.
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My fellow US Citizens and Texans, if you aren’t ye My fellow US Citizens and Texans, if you aren’t yet registered to vote, now is the time! 

We have midterm elections coming up in November, and time is passing faster than it seems. The deadline to register in Texas is October 5th.

Visit https://textilefusion.com/its-time-to-register/ or click on link in bio for more important dates, live links, and the story of this quilt.❤️🤍💙
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Comanche Mercantile on the square in Comanche, TX, Comanche Mercantile on the square in Comanche, TX, has a charming and interesting variety of textiles in the way-back room. That’s where I saw this lavender pillowcase, appliquéd with the crocheted letters H E R, and trimmed with crochet. It sent me on a deep dive to learn more about His & Hers pillowcases.

I’ve been trying for a long time to get back to blogging. Hand-embellished pillowcases were a reasonably quick and fun subject to write about.

I hope you will read about them here:
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https://textilefusion.com/his-hers-pillowcases-with-crochet/
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