Covid Life We have been at this new life style since March. At first it was just weird – we hunted for toilet paper, dug sewing machines out of dark places and made face masks. Spring and warm weather arrived, so we moved outdoors and social distanced in parks and on our decks. We’ve worked on adjusting, but nothing seems normal and we wonder when normal will return. This whole thing is hard isn’t it? So much change and loss and uncertainty. The Covid-19 science information is overwhelming and I think we are all tired of crazy Covid-19 conspiracy theories. I long for things that I used to tak ..read more

An Exercise in Creativity Last year, ten members of my local basket weaving guild participated in the Mystery Basket Project. It’s a great way to encourage creativity. We had several months to weave our project, and I am not exaggerating when I say I stared at the contents of my bag for months before I had my first idea! In a nutshell here’s how it works: Participants will be given a number when they sign up. Then they will go through their basket, craft and art supplies and put 10 items in a paper grocery bag. This bag is sealed, labeled with the participant’s number and given to the organize ..read more

These things make me smile… baskets and basket classes. I was able to spend much of the month weaving and have several new baskets to show for it.  July looks like it will be full of proposal and pattern writing and kit preparation, but I promise to post pictures of my new baskets. But we are talking about June now – so Baskets I love sweet grass and I love coiled baskets and I love Dianne Stanton’s work – so I was very excited to acquire her award winning piece “Niche’.  It is a piece I will treasure.  And this month, the NBO summer issue arrived, the Member’s in Print edition.  I was honored ..read more

So Monday was Memorial Day and tomorrow is June 1st — It’s time to actually finish that post about my May classes!!! May started with some Minnesota gals coming down to take a class in my studio. They wanted to weave Zoe over two days… and look at that, they did it! Each of them went home with a beautiful basket. We had a wonderful time weaving and visiting and even took time to enjoy the early spring woodland flowers.   And yes, I would love to have you and your group (four – six people) schedule a class in my studio! And then I was off to the Stowe Basketry Festival, a seven day event in sc ..read more