My grandparents lived in this West Virginia farmhouse when I was a kid. My mother painted this image of the house in 1972 when my Grandmother Hazel was contemplating moving…
I’ll be giving a short presentation on making doll wigs this weekend. To get inspired, I’ve been making wigs for a few weeks. I just got them photographed and thought…
I made this jacket sometime around 1983 — 30 years ago!! I made this for a weaving class in college and this is hand-woven fabric of off-white mohair with a…
Yesterday, I visited the flower show — it was stunning. The Philadelphia Flower Show show hosted by the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society is the world’s largest indoor horticultural exhibition. It runs…
I made several doll outfits, then realized they would have been much nicer with zippers. So, back to the sewing table to pick out the stitches and in go the…
I just learned that February 22 is Edward Gorey’s birthday. I started looking at images of his artwork and found this drawing — it’s so similar to a drawing that…
Click image to go to the webpage to learn about Diane’s class. I’m taking this on-line class at AforArtistic.com. It’s taught by Diane Keeler who is a very accomplished doll…
I soon possessed myself of a volume, taking care that it should be one stored with pictures. –Jane Eyre This is an image of little Jane Eyre from an issue…