We’re Giving Away a Real, Live Mini Plant!

We’re Giving Away a Real, Live Mini Plant!

See that charming little floor plant? That’s a real, live plant! From the store Aster Gardens, in Lemont, Illinois. Thanks so much to Aster Gardens for doing this giveaway with us! Entries for the giveaway go from midnight Wednesday, November 16th to midnight...
Solo Show at NIU’s Backspace Gallery

Solo Show at NIU’s Backspace Gallery

I’m delighted to be a Visiting Artist with Northern Illinois University. I have a show up in their Backspace Gallery, which is right in the Art and Design Building, and I’ll be visiting a class as well. There was a relatively short deadline for this show,...
Work in Progress, Headed to Show at NIU

Work in Progress, Headed to Show at NIU

I’m excited to announce that I’ll have a solo show at Northern Illinois University’s Backspace Gallery for November 2022. I get to fill more than 20 linear feet of wall space with installation art, which means I’m working larger than ever...
Interview with the Solo Artist: Stephanie Capps Dyke

Interview with the Solo Artist: Stephanie Capps Dyke

In the Angelica Kauffman Gallery, one of September 2022’s solo shows featured quilts and prints by Stephanie Capps Dyke. For each solo artist, I send them questions and the interview is published on Instagram, a few questions and answers at a time, and then the...

New Online Shop!

  I’m delighted to announce that my new online shop is open! It’s cleaner, better organized, and easier to shop than our old one! Check it out by clicking the SHOP button in the upper right. So far I’ve added all of our stickers –...
Shibori – Now with More Beans!

Shibori – Now with More Beans!

All over the world, where people dye with indigo, they tend to take a small round object, put it in the fabric, gather it up, and tie it. The object could be a bean, a cowrie shell, a seed. Here I’ve used dried black beans and tiny rubber bands. I took the...
Where I’m Teaching and Speaking this Fall

Where I’m Teaching and Speaking this Fall

I’m going to camp!  Christy Nelson of MakitTakit in Nebraska is throwing a craft camp for grown ups! Details are here: https://makittakit.com/pages/makit-together-a-grown-up-craft-camp You can use the discount code ELAINE for some cash off your price! I’ll...