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Dianne Denholm

7/18/2020

Dianne Denholm is a woman who has been a leader in the sewing/fiber art community here in Denver. She opened and ran a fabric store for many years and developed a wide network of fans... me included.

I loved her recent blog and wanted to share it with you but this paragraph stood out the most because my Mom's punishment for all her 5 kids was to send us to our rooms to spend time re-thinking our actions. Here's the quote from Dianne's blog. (I wonder if her Mom knew my Mom.)

“Go to Your Room,” said Mom Nature to us all. “And don’t come out until you think about what you’ve done!” Staying Away has made us think. And whoa, it is not fun to realize what large scale/small scale not so nice things we humans have been accepting as normal life. Many, even still, refuse to sit in the corner and see it.

Check out her blog here and while you are on her website, read about her history and you too, will become a fan!

https://dleas.com/garden-tapestry/

Commission

7/12/2020

I am excited to be awarded a new commission for Denver Health hospital. the piece will be similar to the one pictured above but be based on Denver's history. So I'm now in the midst of doing some research and was thrilled to have Some
conversations with notable historians like Tom Noel.

I wanted to get his perspective on things that most Denverites won't know and he gave me 6 ideas to follow up on. One of them related to sewing! Elizabeth Iliff (wife of a wealthy cattleman) came to Denver as a Singer Sewing machine Rep.

I also found out about the Gang of 19. You can learn about them here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADAPT

If you have any ideas for this commission, please email me at carol@carolannwaugh.com. I'd love to hear from you!