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

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...

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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...

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PICK A POCKET -

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...

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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...

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Growth & Joy

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

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,...

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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,...

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Color in Winter

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

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...

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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...

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