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How it Began
Snowmen All Around pattern by Red Button Quilt Co. à la Glo
Over the years, I've slowly been developing my creative side. Even when following a traditional pattern, I've started adding more of my own design aspects. I want to keep devoloping my style and hope to share tips with you along the way. When I'm not creating, I can be found reading, running/hiking, or hanging out with family and friends with a cup of strong coffee (my brother says I make coffee using coffee instead of water) or an IPA, depending on the time of day!
I started traditional quilting over twenty years ago. I have always loved to add a personal flare to traditional quilts. If I'm honest, most of the time my personal flare covers mistakes, a lesson I learned from my mom (Gloria)! She used an earring to cover her imperfect points in the sweet snowman piece pictured on the right. We stumbled upon a quilt show (it just happened to be in our hotel) in Omaha one summer on a baseball trip and both bought snowman patterns. Watching my youngest play ball plus quilts is a win-win!
I started traditional quilting over twenty years ago. I have always loved to add a personal flare to traditional quilts. If I'm honest, most of the time my personal flare covers mistakes, a lesson I learned from my mom (Gloria)! She used an earring to cover her imperfect points in the sweet snowman piece pictured on the right. We stumbled upon a quilt show (it just happened to be in our hotel) in Omaha one summer on a baseball trip and both bought snowman patterns. Watching my youngest play ball plus quilts is a win-win!
Branching Out
 Mike's Tree of Life in PDF's 2015 Creativity & Parkinson's Calendar
My first attempt at a non-traditional piece was to honor my brother and raise awareness for Parkinson's disease in 2010. Another brother drew the tree, my mom embroidered the outline and I painted the trunk, added words with fabric pens, and sewed on 3-D fabric leaves. The tree became a part of a Parkinson's Disease Foundation traveling quilt panel show comprised of 600 blocks. It was later featured in PDF's 2015 calendar.
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More Branching |
I started combining less traditional aspects to my quilts - a lot more 3-D leaves (oh, how I love leaves!) - as well as beading, original designs, etc. (See slideshow below.)
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Landscape Quilts
 Monkey Rock - my first art quilt without seams
In 2018, I created my first art quilt (Monkey Rock) that had no piecing! It was liberating! I continued to create traditional quilts, but started branching out even more and feeling more comfy ditching the stitching!
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Collage Quilts
No Justice, No Peace
Spring 2020 I started creating collage quilts, incorporating new medium to my quilts. I tried some stenciling and decided I was happier painting freehand designs. I added stamps using found objects. I dusted off my hand embroidery skills, wishing my mom could offer advice, but instead relying on virtual teachers. I've even added trash to my collage quilts. Nothing like a pandemic-stay at home-furlough time to get the creative juices flowing.
After attending a couple of Black Lives Matter protests, I was inspired to create. "No Justice, No Peace." I was honored when my piece was accepted into a juried exhibition by the amazing Dr. Carolyn Mazloomi for We Are the Story's exhibition Racism : In the Face of Hate, We Resist. For more information, click on the image to the left.
After attending a couple of Black Lives Matter protests, I was inspired to create. "No Justice, No Peace." I was honored when my piece was accepted into a juried exhibition by the amazing Dr. Carolyn Mazloomi for We Are the Story's exhibition Racism : In the Face of Hate, We Resist. For more information, click on the image to the left.