My love affair with fabric, color & crafts.... where did it all begin? I drift back to Watertown, South Dakota... that lovely, dreamy, lilac scented scene of my childhood. From the top of the stairs, I see my mother seated at the dining room table. She is stamping a red and green floral design along the hem of a creamy colored dress. So soft... so lovely... and for me.
Then there were our bunnies. We had five... one for each of us children. The zinnias in the garden: bright orange and pink, with their spiky petals, colored my summers as the frangrance of dill filled the air and the "king of the mountain" mound of dirt by the rhubarb called my name.
The summer crafts on the playground of Roosevelt Elementary School intrigued me as well. I remember plaiting lanyards and playing checkers with pop bottle caps.
When my own children were small, I would go into the fabric stores telling them we would only be there a few minutes and emerge hours later with very relieved children. Now this lifelong fascination with color, fabric, and beginning at the beginning has brought me to spinning... which is without a doubt the best match for my interest in color and fabric that I have ever found.
