The Pursuit of Craftiness

I'm working on a project that's been a couple of years in the planning. It's a simple woven rug with a color progression from gold to orange to r...

Chinese New Year is almost here! As red is the most auspicious of colors, and as you are what you eat during the festival, red fruit is in high de...

In this chilly winter season, I've been making bitters with infusions of herbs and other flavor agents. Shown here are homemade vanilla and mugwor...

So much excitement, and so much to do! It was a very full weekend around these parts, starting with vending at Amelia's Marketplace Yanping on Sat...

In the last couple of days, I've been thinking a lot about failure. Much of what I post here are projects that went well, or at least well enough ...

Fruitcake is my favorite Christmas food.. Maligned, slandered, synonymous with a punch line - yep, that fruitcake. When it's done right, fruitcake...

It's been a quiet week around here. Right on schedule, I came down with a cold the day after my last holiday sale of the season. Today is day six,...

Like many creative people, I love collaborating with other artists on projects. Recently, I've been collaborating with feline designer Vesper on a...

It's cold and grey outside, and warm and cozy and steamy inside. The steam is both from dye and food - I've been making mulled wine and cooking st...

The chaos, glamour, stress, and fun of the holidays started for me three weeks ago with the confirmation that I’d been accepted to exhibit at two ...

Some days luck, coincidence, serendipity, fate, the intercession of knitting angels, or whatever attributable power involved just smiles down on a...

If you're into fabric and you're going to India, bring an extra suitcase - the textiles are just that good. Today, I wanted to share some pictures...