by Suzann Thompson | Oct 22, 2026 | Crochet, Earthen House, Life, Quilting and Crafting
Years before we built our earthen house, we bought a carved stone alcove in anticipation. We eventually embedded it in the northeast corner of the living room, where it waited even more years for the next thing to happen. The next thing was to furnish the alcove for a...
by Suzann Thompson | Mar 25, 2016 | Art Quilt, Crochet, Crochet Bouquet, Crochet Charm Lace, Crochet Garden, Cute Crochet World, Earthen House, Life, Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
When Amy and Donna of crochetville.com asked me if I would take part in this year’s National Crochet Month blog tour, I was thrilled. That was last September, and I started thinking about my blog post right away, because March would be here in the twinkling of...
by Suzann Thompson | Jan 24, 2014 | Earthen House, Knitting, Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
My parents’ 56th wedding anniversary on January 19th was also our one-month-versary of living in our new house. We love it! We are unpacking stuff that has been in storage for years. Sometimes unpacking is like finding old friends and sometimes…well, I wonder...
by Suzann Thompson | Jan 6, 2014 | Earthen House, Life, Retro Blog Post
With Mud Daubers Fred and Art working full-time on the east and north walls of our earthen home, they rose amazingly fast! Rachel and I helped at first, then left all the sifting and lifting, mixing and mudding to Fred, Art, and the rest of Callon’s crew. They...
by Suzann Thompson | Jan 5, 2014 | Earthen House, Life, Retro Blog Post
Once the rooms of our earthen house were defined by walls, I labeled the girls’ rooms, hoping to make more real to them the possibility of having their own spaces. Inspired by my work, Eva added her artistry to the master bedroom floor. There’s something...
by Suzann Thompson | Dec 11, 2013 | Earthen House, Life, Retro Blog Post
Slabs are tricky. Because you don’t have the usual points of reference, it’s difficult to tell how big (or small) the rooms are. But by the time the daffodils peeked out of the ground at the end of January 2013, our builder Callon provided those points of...
