
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

Making my Way: Dot to Dot
Many of us have a love affair with dots….they surface in my design work from time to time. Now is one of those moments....................................... Some of you know La Casa...
Making my Way: Dot to Dot
Many of us have a love affair with dots….they surface in my design work from time to time. Now is one of those moments....................................... Some of you know La Casa...

PICK A POCKET -
If you joined my Sept. 30-Pocket Challenge on Instagram, and have a stash of them in your ‘Parts Dept’, you are ready to design something new! Lets dig into that...
PICK A POCKET -
If you joined my Sept. 30-Pocket Challenge on Instagram, and have a stash of them in your ‘Parts Dept’, you are ready to design something new! Lets dig into that...

Growth & Joy
What will bring you Joy & Growth in the New Year? This is the question I am sitting with now. Such an expansive playground out there….waiting for us to be ready,...
Growth & Joy
What will bring you Joy & Growth in the New Year? This is the question I am sitting with now. Such an expansive playground out there….waiting for us to be ready,...

Mini-Winter-Projects
In the middle of all the craziness the holidays can bring…I see mini-projects as small islands of time, just for me, in my studio. It's time to step away,...
Mini-Winter-Projects
In the middle of all the craziness the holidays can bring…I see mini-projects as small islands of time, just for me, in my studio. It's time to step away,...

Color in Winter
These stenciled suiting pieces, pinned on dressforms, show what the finished shirt will look like- November in my Studio- Inspired by another incredible Design Outside the Lines Retreat here in...
Color in Winter
These stenciled suiting pieces, pinned on dressforms, show what the finished shirt will look like- November in my Studio- Inspired by another incredible Design Outside the Lines Retreat here in...

The French-Fold Shrug
Short pieces of round elastic are zig-zagged onto the silk as surface design and a simple tie closure New Pattern Release: The French-Fold Shrug, is an elegant shape...
The French-Fold Shrug
Short pieces of round elastic are zig-zagged onto the silk as surface design and a simple tie closure New Pattern Release: The French-Fold Shrug, is an elegant shape...