
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

The Cloud Coat
I’m excited to be into fall sewing with a new silhouette to offer you: The Cloud Coat! Here are the versions I have been making. Vest Version with Shrug- I used...
The Cloud Coat
I’m excited to be into fall sewing with a new silhouette to offer you: The Cloud Coat! Here are the versions I have been making. Vest Version with Shrug- I used...

SEPTEMBER 2018 NEWSLETTER
A vintage tablecloth was the inspiration for this Shirt 2.0, Combined with linen, the collage of vintage buttons are the perfect finish. More on the blog about making the 2.0...
SEPTEMBER 2018 NEWSLETTER
A vintage tablecloth was the inspiration for this Shirt 2.0, Combined with linen, the collage of vintage buttons are the perfect finish. More on the blog about making the 2.0...

AUGUST 2018 NEWSLETTER
August Design Play- 1 Pattern: 3 Necklines How about some easy, summer sewing in your favorite lightweight fabrics? ….My mind is on vacation and although my hands want to be...
AUGUST 2018 NEWSLETTER
August Design Play- 1 Pattern: 3 Necklines How about some easy, summer sewing in your favorite lightweight fabrics? ….My mind is on vacation and although my hands want to be...
Exploring New Color Combos
Fall always inspires a new intensity of color in my creative palette: Deeper colors in tones and shades of the colors I love to work with. Tones? Shades?…Tints? what’s the...
Exploring New Color Combos
Fall always inspires a new intensity of color in my creative palette: Deeper colors in tones and shades of the colors I love to work with. Tones? Shades?…Tints? what’s the...

Designing a Neckline: 3 Variations
How can it be….are we into August already? With a string of high heat weeks, I just want something light and simple to wear. So I am living in a collection of River...
Designing a Neckline: 3 Variations
How can it be….are we into August already? With a string of high heat weeks, I just want something light and simple to wear. So I am living in a collection of River...

New Stencils: The Text Collection-
Designing with Text-Anything can be a design element …but text seems to have alot of universal appeal. Our new, Text Stencil Collection, by Urban Cadence is available individually or as a collection. Here...
New Stencils: The Text Collection-
Designing with Text-Anything can be a design element …but text seems to have alot of universal appeal. Our new, Text Stencil Collection, by Urban Cadence is available individually or as a collection. Here...