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I love fabric. I think I've always loved fabric! I'm an artist with a passion to work with beautiful fabrics to create quilts that hang on the wall.
I enjoyed garment and craft sewing beginning in my early teen years. I had an ability to make many things using fabric but quilt-making was not one of them. One day I inadvertently saw Eleanor Burns on her "Quilt-In-A-Day" program and the desire to try quilting was born. Consequently, I became a "quilter" soon afterwards in the year 2000. I initially used patterns to make functional bed, lap-size, and baby quilts while learning the art. A few years later I got out my pencil, sketch book, and graph paper and began drawing and drafting designs for wall quilts. |
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In late 2004 I entered my first quilt show with, "Light Through the Canopy." With that positive experience my quilting took a detour to wall-art and competition quilting almost exclusively.
There is considerable diversity in the style and appearance of my quilts. I work
according to ideas and inspiration and what interests me at the time. I use various construction methods to create them; machine piecing, hand and machine applique, fusing, whole-cloth painting and machine quilting. The common 'thread' in almost every piece is the use of some type of enhancement, embellishment, and/or dimensional work.
Photography is a hobby I've enjoyed for over 25 years and it has been a useful tool. Although I am still a novice, I've often captured great images which have been the basis for making many of my landscape and pictorial quilts such as, "Resting," "Morning Visitor," "America the Beautiful," and others.
I retired from lecturing, trunk shows, and teaching in 2014 and am happy to place my focus on competition quilting now.
The culmination of my love for fabric, my faith, and the abilities God has given me has resulted in quilt-art for personal enjoyment, competition, and to benefit others. I attribute this gift of art to Him.
I enjoy receiving comments or questions about my work via the "Contact" page. Please feel free to drop me a note. No worries - you will not be solicited or added to any kind of email list!
according to ideas and inspiration and what interests me at the time. I use various construction methods to create them; machine piecing, hand and machine applique, fusing, whole-cloth painting and machine quilting. The common 'thread' in almost every piece is the use of some type of enhancement, embellishment, and/or dimensional work.
Photography is a hobby I've enjoyed for over 25 years and it has been a useful tool. Although I am still a novice, I've often captured great images which have been the basis for making many of my landscape and pictorial quilts such as, "Resting," "Morning Visitor," "America the Beautiful," and others.
I retired from lecturing, trunk shows, and teaching in 2014 and am happy to place my focus on competition quilting now.
The culmination of my love for fabric, my faith, and the abilities God has given me has resulted in quilt-art for personal enjoyment, competition, and to benefit others. I attribute this gift of art to Him.
I enjoy receiving comments or questions about my work via the "Contact" page. Please feel free to drop me a note. No worries - you will not be solicited or added to any kind of email list!
Really 'Wild' Flowers! Second Season - 62" x 65" went missing in November 2011. There is a reward for its safe return |
I still have not heard anything about my missing quilt, "Really 'Wild' Flowers! Second Season." If you happen to see this quilt in person at a show, an exhibit, or any other venue, please contact me. I am offering a reward for its safe return. |
2011 IQA Houston Show at the Tuesday night Winner's Circle Award Ceremony.
Caryn Payzant, Blog Writer and Social Media Coordinator for Road to California
quilt show, wrote an article featuring my quilt, "Really 'Wild' Flowers! Third Season." It was awarded "Outstanding Innovative Quilt" in 2016 at the Road2CA show.
http://www.road2cablog.com/winning-quilts/2016-outstanding-innovative-quilt/
My enthusiastic thanks to Sew Batik for their generous sponsorship of this award at the Road to California Show. See their beautiful fabrics at: http://www.sewbatik.com/
