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

Spring Color: PINK

Spring Color: PINK

           Diana Vreeland said "Pink is the navy blue of India!"     WHO can resist the full glory of this pink!?!?!?!? Inspiration is everywhere in Ashland…especially...

Spring Color: PINK

           Diana Vreeland said "Pink is the navy blue of India!"     WHO can resist the full glory of this pink!?!?!?!? Inspiration is everywhere in Ashland…especially...

BEAUTY

BEAUTY

There are beautiful pieces that show up -usually as we least expect them...and this is one of them. Karen Miller is a Katazome artist and designer. This is her beautiful...

BEAUTY

There are beautiful pieces that show up -usually as we least expect them...and this is one of them. Karen Miller is a Katazome artist and designer. This is her beautiful...

Making Summer Fabric-

Making Summer Fabric-

Piecing summer linens, making fabric- I am still on a shrug kick....and can't help piecing some of my smaller, summer fabric bits into a piece big enough to make another...

Making Summer Fabric-

Piecing summer linens, making fabric- I am still on a shrug kick....and can't help piecing some of my smaller, summer fabric bits into a piece big enough to make another...

Spring Sewing just for fun!

Spring Sewing just for fun!

As I unpack my favorite stash of warm weather fabrics and clothes, I am lusting over the linen pieces. Well, yes... linens and interesting basic wovens in natural fibers are...

Spring Sewing just for fun!

As I unpack my favorite stash of warm weather fabrics and clothes, I am lusting over the linen pieces. Well, yes... linens and interesting basic wovens in natural fibers are...

FABRIC PRINTING: New Raven Stencil

FABRIC PRINTING: New Raven Stencil

One can never have enough birds....and if you are a Portlandia fan, you know this is true. My new Raven Stencil gives new meaning to the phase 'Put a bird on it'!  This new...

FABRIC PRINTING: New Raven Stencil

One can never have enough birds....and if you are a Portlandia fan, you know this is true. My new Raven Stencil gives new meaning to the phase 'Put a bird on it'!  This new...

Spring Sewing: SHIRTS!

Spring Sewing: SHIRTS!

Stenciled linen shirt by Leslie Gelber I'll always make shirts..... every season, it is my hands-down favorite garment. In addition to endless re-makes,  I'm always checking out new shirt patterns and...

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Spring Sewing: SHIRTS!

Stenciled linen shirt by Leslie Gelber I'll always make shirts..... every season, it is my hands-down favorite garment. In addition to endless re-makes,  I'm always checking out new shirt patterns and...

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