I got home last night from teaching at two great guilds, the Central Pennsylvania Basketry Guild and Deer Creek Basket Guild in Maryland. We all had a great time!
First stop was Central Pennsylvania – where I taught four different baskets.
And I am home from another great basket retreat … 
the Wolf River Basketry Guild hosted their annual Fall Retreat in Shawano, Wisconsin. Read more
I just got home from my trip to the Northwest and the Columbia Basin Basketry Guild’s Fall Retreat.
The event took place at Rockaway Beach, Oregon Read more
Last week, after I posted and got unpacked from teaching at the Heritage Weavers Fall Event, I realized I hadn’t released the pattern for Painted Paper Trays. Typically, after I begin teaching a new basket I release the pattern. This time I am a week late, but here it is, the pattern for the Painted Paper Trays.
In the Studio
Usually July in Wisconsin is hot and muggy, so I spend my days in the studio. I like working in the studio and I have accomplished a lot. Pounds and pounds of cane and reed have been dyed beautiful colors. I even have it bundled and ready for basket kits! 
I love the dyeing part of kit prep; sometimes when I’m done for the day I will wander back down just to look at the color. Read more
This week I will be teaching one of my new basket patterns, Recursion, at Stateline Friends Weaving Retreat in Richmond, Indiana for the first time.
So I am releasing the pattern!
Recursion is a set of 5 or 7 nesting baskets, made with 1/8″ or 1/4″ strips of painted paper. These bias weave baskets range in size from 3 ¾” x 3 ¾” x 2” down to 5/8” x 5/8” x ¾”. So much fun to make!
