I am an artist living in Portland, Oregon. After working 20 + years in the clothing industry I have resigned and started teaching Quilting arts and Silly Sock Creature classes. I have an over stuffed studio with lots of fabric, beads, 3-d scrapbook do-dads, rubberstamps, lace, ephemera, paper, paints and just about anything else I love the look of. I have enjoyed working with paper collages but have begun a new found passion for working with my fabrics and ephemera to create unique fabric collages. My slogan is USE IT UP! See my blog…www.darlenesstudio.blogspot.com to see my latest work or www.traveslwithmarty.com to see my Silly Sock Creatures.