
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

My Mom
I've always appreciated the Swedish traditions of needle/textile arts that came down through the women in my family. My Mom was always supportive of...
My Mom
I've always appreciated the Swedish traditions of needle/textile arts that came down through the women in my family. My Mom was always supportive of...

Kintsugi as a Metaphor
Sitting with the images of the Jan. mudslides in California (referenced in my last Journal entry), metaphor and meaning are rising to the top as Spring brings color to life. New...
Kintsugi as a Metaphor
Sitting with the images of the Jan. mudslides in California (referenced in my last Journal entry), metaphor and meaning are rising to the top as Spring brings color to life. New...

MARCH 2018 NEWSLETTER
We’re launching into spring design with surface design, great silhouettes and inventive construction ideas. Welcome to my new website!!! Open, clean and easier to navigate. In the coming months we...
MARCH 2018 NEWSLETTER
We’re launching into spring design with surface design, great silhouettes and inventive construction ideas. Welcome to my new website!!! Open, clean and easier to navigate. In the coming months we...

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,...