Diane Cadrain, who is retired from a career as a lawyer and freelance writer, has been sewing all her life, learning hand embroidery, handloom weaving and spool knitting from her grandmother, and machine sewing from her mother. She began knitting in her 20s, quilting in her 30s, and felting in her 60s. Her fiber art work, which has appeared nationally and internationally, and which also hangs in several private collections, now includes hand-painted fabric, felting, knitted embellishments, hand embroidery, and beading. Ms. Cadrain is a member of the Connecticut Women Artists, the Studio Art Quilt Associates, and Women Against the Grain.