A name that means bee. A bonnet that became a message. “I’d like a high-fashion bee bonnet costume to wear for an event to create awareness about the importance of bees.” That was the seed. A request from my friend Monica Miller of Skye Botanicals—Master Herbalist, perfumer, and beekeeper. She...

A Letter from the Edge of Form Some things arrive without asking.A color. A design. A line of thought. A crow on the fencepost. When people ask how I create, I say: “I don’t.”Not first, anyway. What Comes Out of the Blue My creative life doesn’t begin with fabric.It begins...