June is behind the linoleum block prints and partners with Anita to dye the scarves and explore the world of native Texas plant dyes.  She went to Kentucky to college because of a chance encounter in high school with a  Foxfire article on spinning.  Although she learned to weave while attending college, she did not find someone to teach her to spin until she came home to Dallas.  Bette Hochberg taught her how to spin wool into yarn in the dogtrot breezeway of an 1840's cabin at Old City Park in Dallas in 1980, on an antique wheel.  Since that time she has participated in spinning and weaving guilds, classes and competitions. June and her family are 18^th century living historians. June teaches art in Dallas, and lives with her husband, one child, two looms and two spinning wheels in Cedar Hill, Texas.  She received her double bachelors in Art Education and English from Asbury College, Wilmore, Kentucky.

            Anita crafts the soaps and knits the facial clothes; she partners with June to dye the scarves and explore native Texas plant dyes.  She had her first experience at a weaving loom in the late 1950's, when she was 10 years old.  She began saving her money to buy the loom listed in the Sears Catalog, but it was withdrawn from the catalog before she had saved enough to purchase it.  She learned to spin on a wheel in the late 1960's, while on a motorcycle trip to the Mother Lode of California.  Picture a motorcyclist in full riding leathers, seated at a wheel spinning dog hair!  She has a strong interest in utilitarian textiles and antique textile equipment.  Anita is a living historian, with a concentration on 19^th century Texas. She particularly enjoys introducing school children to spinning and weaving, and encourages them to try it for themselves with the equipment she brings to demonstrations.  Anita received her bachelor's degree from the University of California, Davis, and is currently in the history master's program at the University of Texas, Arlington. She lives in Dallas with two dogs, two cats, 3 spinning wheels and various looms.