Creative work is such an internal process... while sharing it in thought on paper calls up a willingness to be in community. Giving voice to what we see and learn in making is a gift to be shared. Looking to connect with a new idea from a different vantage point, I always feel you there, across the table as I write and sketch.

-Diane

Diane's Journal

Textile & Wood: Construction inspires new stories

Textile & Wood: Construction inspires new stories

You know I have a thing about wood …..and sticks in particular. I come from a Swedish family of builders….woodworkers. As a child, the smell of fresh sawdust and handtools...

Textile & Wood: Construction inspires new stories

You know I have a thing about wood …..and sticks in particular. I come from a Swedish family of builders….woodworkers. As a child, the smell of fresh sawdust and handtools...

Rustic Refined: A Vest

Rustic Refined: A Vest

Fall is in the air as I work with Off White & Silver- I love this combination and am using it as a theme for this vest.  The relationship of rustic...

Rustic Refined: A Vest

Fall is in the air as I work with Off White & Silver- I love this combination and am using it as a theme for this vest.  The relationship of rustic...

Easy Projects:cropped vest

EASY PROJECTS- The afternoon breeze inspired this bit of sewing. There is a time and a place for cute and this is it!! I love this Japanese linen print of...

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Easy Projects:cropped vest

EASY PROJECTS- The afternoon breeze inspired this bit of sewing. There is a time and a place for cute and this is it!! I love this Japanese linen print of...

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Cloth and Wood

Cloth and Wood

Wood & Cloth- Catching the summer breeze, this painted linen noren on a bamboo stick is a perfect afternoon project. It’s a lovely way to combine a textile sample or vintage...

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Cloth and Wood

Wood & Cloth- Catching the summer breeze, this painted linen noren on a bamboo stick is a perfect afternoon project. It’s a lovely way to combine a textile sample or vintage...

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February Projects-

February Projects-

What might your birthday garment look like this year? February is that time for me.  I love feeling the changes in my life show up in how I want to...

February Projects-

What might your birthday garment look like this year? February is that time for me.  I love feeling the changes in my life show up in how I want to...

January-Creating the New Year

January-Creating the New Year

A chance to start fresh....its precious time to own and inhabit. A time to re-imagine what we might be about now and how we will explore new territory going forward....

January-Creating the New Year

A chance to start fresh....its precious time to own and inhabit. A time to re-imagine what we might be about now and how we will explore new territory going forward....