Imagine you’ve taken the first steps into a new art form. You’re creating sample...
Sashiko is an absolutely beautiful art; the running stitches and the shapes and ...
Learning Sashiko is a lot of fun, and it's so easy to be swept up in the excitem...
No matter how far into my creative journey I get, I am periodically reminded tha...
Learning something new can be really hard for a lot of reasons, not the least of...
From the very beginning of the Making Zen Online Retreat back in 2021, it has be...
Another Making Zen Online Retreat has come and gone - I can't believe it's alrea...
There’s a certain sense of joy, presence, and possibility that comes over me whe...
What a special time of year it is: the time to prepare for Making Zen. And this ...
Have you ever heard the phrase, "a stitch in time saves nine?"Â
It’s usually sh...
I have always believed that there is something special and tender about choosing...
A deep breath in, the pull of thread through fabric. A deep breath out, the snip...
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