Summer 2026 | Studio Snapshots

I spy two alligators swimming in the water.

Slow and steady weaving progress. The more strips of fabric, or color changes, there are in each weft pick, the longer it takes to weave a piece.

Handweaving the warp ends of each piece happens off the loom. It's such a pretty finish.

When choosing colors for a new piece I like to lay my fabrics out to make sure they work together before I start cutting.

I also look at a grayscale photo of my fabric choices to make sure there is enough contrast to yield well-defined color blocks.

Look at all the lichens and fungi. What luscious color and texture!

I've got some junk in my trunk 🤣 - a big bag of old sheets and lots of weaving books that have been donated to my studio.

I have to wedge a doorstop under Grandpa's rug loom when I weave so it doesn't walk across the floor. I replaced my boring plastic one with this ADORABLE cast iron mouse doorstop that I got at the antique store last week.

An alligator swimming near the brush. This is my 7th alligator sighting for the year, but I'm pretty sure I've seen a couple of them multiple times. (In fact this is likely one of the two that were in the first photo.)

Now that's some impressive weaving!

Surprisingly, my su-purr-visor is a good cat who is never tempted to play with dangly string in the studio.

Picked some flowers from the garden to brighten the table for my knitting friends.

My first time grinding wheat for bread baking.

Weaving and woodworking often go hand in hand. My friend Emily is going to help me apply Danish oil to the poplar boards I cut and sanded yesterday. By the end of the week I'll have 40 hanging clamps for my art work. I'm relieved that I won't have to stitch hanging sleeves on the back of every piece any more.