Make, Mend, and Grow with Diana

I have always been a maker. Over the years, I have dabbled in drawing, painting, spinning, weaving, mending, foraging, gardening, basketry, paper making, food preservation, and more. One art degree and several decades later, I am sharing my accumulated knowledge and my experiments with new methods and mediums.

Follow along with my journey and learn to make new things, mend beloved items, and grow or forage new foods.


Make, Mend, and Grow with Diana

I just finished my latest upcycled quilt! I made it out if fabric samples, a curtain, and a sheet. The batting in the middle is the only part I didn't reuse. Well, and the thread.

6 days ago | [YT] | 2

Make, Mend, and Grow with Diana

Blocking a wool and acrylic knitted shawl. I am pleased with how it turned out! Fun with knitting looms.

1 week ago | [YT] | 2

Make, Mend, and Grow with Diana

Epic salad time! Radicchio, roasted delicata squash, golden tomatoes, blue cheese, and salad shrimp.

2 weeks ago | [YT] | 0

Make, Mend, and Grow with Diana

Epic salad post! Pink radicchio, red speckled radicchio, yellow bell peppers, gold grape tomatoes, lime-pickled onions, and salad shrimp.

Yes, the shrimp are a little freezer burned. I am eating them anyway. :)

2 weeks ago | [YT] | 0

Make, Mend, and Grow with Diana

Apples on sale means freshly canned applesauce! Four quarts worth. That pop is so satisfying.

1 month ago | [YT] | 1

Make, Mend, and Grow with Diana

Canned some sweet potatoes today! Seven pints worth.

1 month ago | [YT] | 1

Make, Mend, and Grow with Diana

Today I have been experimenting with a recipe for squash pie! Soooo yummy.

1 month ago | [YT] | 0

Make, Mend, and Grow with Diana

Sorry for the delay in posting, folx. Life has been complicated. I hope to post a new video next week!

3 months ago | [YT] | 1

Make, Mend, and Grow with Diana

Here is the first batch of tomatoes that will hopefully ripen inside.

4 months ago | [YT] | 0

Make, Mend, and Grow with Diana

I made a mistake and bought some bbq sauce that was waaay too sweet. So I used it and a bunch of spices to cook some short ribs. Yum.

And then I turned the short rib bones and so.e other beef bones into eight pints of delicious beef stock.

No idea what I will make with them, bit it will he delicious!

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