
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

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-
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!
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
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!
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...
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...

A SPRING BOARD-
Welcome to my Studio- My Design Board for Spring Projects- It happened already...just in this last week, when we weren't looking: Spring started to pop out here in Southern Oregon....
A SPRING BOARD-
Welcome to my Studio- My Design Board for Spring Projects- It happened already...just in this last week, when we weren't looking: Spring started to pop out here in Southern Oregon....