
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

Print a Summer Remake
It is a busy month and this Design Board, with a Map Theme, in my studio is inspiring projects and surface design ideas to share at up coming Design...
Print a Summer Remake
It is a busy month and this Design Board, with a Map Theme, in my studio is inspiring projects and surface design ideas to share at up coming Design...

A Window to Design & Color Blocking
"Combining favorite fabrics, techniques and surface design makes each summer sewing project a highlight experience" Diane Designing a summer Taos Skirt- Retreats in New Mexico inspire my summer sewing. A...
A Window to Design & Color Blocking
"Combining favorite fabrics, techniques and surface design makes each summer sewing project a highlight experience" Diane Designing a summer Taos Skirt- Retreats in New Mexico inspire my summer sewing. A...

Capitola Pants #319: Now a Re-Issed Download
Based on a great-fitting European cut, this relaxed, crop pant with several variations for an elastic waist has comfort written all over it! A multi-sized pattern,...
Capitola Pants #319: Now a Re-Issed Download
Based on a great-fitting European cut, this relaxed, crop pant with several variations for an elastic waist has comfort written all over it! A multi-sized pattern,...

Spring Fabric Designing
Feather Friends: A Stencil Collection We are all anxious for spring!….it's coming on that unexpected, warm breeze and the budding at the tips of bare branches- Birds are busy chatting and...
Spring Fabric Designing
Feather Friends: A Stencil Collection We are all anxious for spring!….it's coming on that unexpected, warm breeze and the budding at the tips of bare branches- Birds are busy chatting and...

Let's Stencil Suiting
In between seasons? Want a project with a fresh spin? This might be the prefect time to explore your stash of suiting and your printing design eye. Stenciling & Suiting...
Let's Stencil Suiting
In between seasons? Want a project with a fresh spin? This might be the prefect time to explore your stash of suiting and your printing design eye. Stenciling & Suiting...

RED THREADS
I can see why red became part of the holiday season....it's that pop of color we need as the landscape dulls that just seems to sparks everything. Lets talk RED...
RED THREADS
I can see why red became part of the holiday season....it's that pop of color we need as the landscape dulls that just seems to sparks everything. Lets talk RED...