Lorna Miser’s lifelong love of textiles began with her grandmother, who taught her to sew, knit, and crochet. In the late '80s, she founded the beloved yarn company Lorna’s Laces and continued designing knit and crochet patterns until 2022.

With the challenges of the pandemic, Lorna returned to her sewing roots—this time with a focus on sustainability. Using rescued materials like vintage curtains, quilts, jeans, tablecloths, upholstery remnants, and bicycle inner tubes, she crafts durable, functional, and stylish bags.

Each bag is a unique work of functional art. Some are designed for biking, others for everyday use—school, shopping, or as purses. All feature upcycled inner tubes and thoughtfully chosen fabrics.

Lisa loves to recycle to help with our number one problem that we all share: Climate Change.   She does the few things she can and one of them is collecting cloth from bedspreads, jeans in particular, other cloth items that would be turned into rags and then thrown out into pieces of functional art. 

Theses rag rugs will warm the feet or walls of  people who want to reduce their carbon footprint.  This show will be up at The Artery from June 2- July 3rd.  Our summers have been filled with dread of fire and lack of water.   The work inspires the colors of moisture and growth that can occur during our summer months. 

The show is filled with a very wide sampling of weaving techniques and functions. From tabby to Doubleweave Pick Up, Weft Brocade, painted and dyed yarns is created an environment of moisture and sun, colors warmth and cool.