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

Design Ideas with SCISSOR Fabric-

Design Ideas with SCISSOR Fabric-

Scissors were finding their way into my work this past summer. These favorite tools, now a memory, can now show up in your sewing projects too!  Here are some ways to...

Design Ideas with SCISSOR Fabric-

Scissors were finding their way into my work this past summer. These favorite tools, now a memory, can now show up in your sewing projects too!  Here are some ways to...

NOVEMBER 2020 NEWSLETTER:  My Perfect Life

NOVEMBER 2020 NEWSLETTER: My Perfect Life

I woke knowing there was a new ladder in me. Trusting the instinct, I made one last trip to the ashes with saw in hand. Cutting, I hoped somehow the ladder...

NOVEMBER 2020 NEWSLETTER: My Perfect Life

I woke knowing there was a new ladder in me. Trusting the instinct, I made one last trip to the ashes with saw in hand. Cutting, I hoped somehow the ladder...

The Red Bike - Revisited

The Red Bike - Revisited

This dynamic fabric combo really plays well combined with one of the Red Bike Panels. Combined with linens and denims, the linen/cotton canvas panel is a great weight for a...

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The Red Bike - Revisited

This dynamic fabric combo really plays well combined with one of the Red Bike Panels. Combined with linens and denims, the linen/cotton canvas panel is a great weight for a...

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OCTOBER 2020 NEWSLETTER: 'MAKING' My Way

OCTOBER 2020 NEWSLETTER: 'MAKING' My Way

Transformation definitely builds our creativity. We are all launching into Fall  with various emotions about a summer and so many people lost to Covid. The impact of continuing natural disasters are exhausted all...

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OCTOBER 2020 NEWSLETTER: 'MAKING' My Way

Transformation definitely builds our creativity. We are all launching into Fall  with various emotions about a summer and so many people lost to Covid. The impact of continuing natural disasters are exhausted all...

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AUGUST 2020 NEWSLETTER : Shadows on the Wing

 Shadows on the Wing As this butterfly landed, in just the right light… she opened her wings and gave us something unexpected. It's probably happened before, maybe lots of times….but...

AUGUST 2020 NEWSLETTER : Shadows on the Wing

 Shadows on the Wing As this butterfly landed, in just the right light… she opened her wings and gave us something unexpected. It's probably happened before, maybe lots of times….but...

July/Aug NL

July/Aug NL

         WOOD has carved deep roots through generations of my Swedish family.   In that proud tradition of makers….the women have always created textiles, in all the Scandinavian...

July/Aug NL

         WOOD has carved deep roots through generations of my Swedish family.   In that proud tradition of makers….the women have always created textiles, in all the Scandinavian...