Dear Textiles

On becoming your own creative lighthouse

Thoughts on how we can become our own creative lighthouse through the act of making.

Making with joy and shame, the digital joy bunting project

Ever wonder how a new project happens? Here’s some insight into my newest project, the Digital Joy Bunting Project - a project exploring joy and what makes you feel it.

Dear Textiles, Episode #5: Interview with Shanalee Hampton about the wonders of embroidering vulnerability

In this episode artist Shanalee Hampton and I talk about her work, including a shift from pieces that people often called “clever” to work that saw increased engagement a

Dear Textiles, Episode #4: Interview with Austin Rivers, founder of Knit the Rainbow!

Episode 4 is here! I’m speaking with Austin Rivers, the founder of Knit the Rainbow, a non-profit which collects handknit and crochet items for homeless LGBTQ+ youth in N

Dear Textiles Podcast #3, Interview with Thao Phuong of TextileSeekers

In this interview, I talk with fashion designer, consultant and entrepreneur Thao Phoung, who runs textile impact retreats in Vietnam with her company TextileSeekers! We

Dear Textiles, Episode #2: Interview with Sigrún Bragaddóttir

In this interview, I talk to Sigrún Bragaddóttir a teacher, artist, crafter and craftivist from Reykjavik, Iceland. We talk about using craft as way to heal and connect a

Dear Textiles, Episode #1, Dear Textiles for your ears!

Here's a look at why I'm starting an audio component to Dear Textiles, for people that might prefer to hear about how textiles and stitching and acts of making can help u

A little bit about a little love letter project to textiles

It’s not perfect, but that’s okay. This project is about how textiles make our lives better, make us better people, about how secretly, textiles are magic.