I am a textile artist who lives in Portland, Oregon with my husband of 40+ years and a very vivacious Jack Russell Terrier, Maggie. I am the web administrator for the Surface Design Association.
A graduate of Cornell University, I also have an MS from Pennsylvania State University in Clothing and Textiles. I began quilting in 2000, after retiring and love to work in the abstract and find inspiration from the natural beauty around me.
My art quilts have been juried into several local and national textile art shows. I have done commissions for churches and private collections. My work has been published in the book Creative Quilting…The Journal Quilt Project, edited by Karey Bresenhan, and in several magazines.
I have gravitated to creating my own fabrics over the last couple of years. I really love to change the surface of a fabric in some way. After I have dyed or painted fabric, I use several different techniques such as screen printing, painting, stamping and discharging. Discharging involves removing dye from fabric in a pattern using bleach or Thiox.
I still use some commercial fabrics. I prefer batiks with an abstract motif or fabrics with geometric designs — circles, dots, lines, squares, etc. You will often find antique Japanese textiles in my collage work.
I belong to the following organizations:
Studio Art Quilt Associates
Surface Design Association
American Quilter’s Society
International Quilter’s Society
Quilt Art Network
Association of Northwest Quilters