Stitching is self-expression.  Storytelling.

    Stitching is therapy.  Repair in a world that’s fast and often unfair.

        Stitching is pleasant solitude or a good time with the girls.


I have made garments and accessories for home decor.

    I’ve dyed wool and cut it, hooking traditional American rugs.

        I’ve sewn and painted one-of-a-kind cloth dolls.

             I’ve beaded and embroidered.  I’ve felted and folded and coiled.  

                   I’ve woven a bit and knit a skein or two.


For the last ten years, I’ve focused my energy on two-dimensional cloth art,

        mostly “quilts” for the wall.  I call my style of work “pure quiltage” (say: kwil-tahge’),                          

              because it’s a synthesis of piecing and layering fused applique,                                                           

                    stitching and glueing, so to speak----textile collage.

        
        I love the tradition, but I want to tweak it 

             with unexpected combinations of pattern and color.   

        I want to layer on scores of yo-yos, and hundreds (maybe!), of flat sequins. 


        My work portrays what’s important to me--my family, my faith, 

                the beauty of creation, the courage of the human spirit, the joy of humor...