About

My study of quilts began in the 90’s when I invented my clay quilt pieces, clay tiles set on a board, decorated to recall traditional quilt designs.  As my medium transitioned from clay to cloth, I began to construct similar art quilts out of fabric or paper tiles assembled as an art quilt.

You will find, in my work, both narrative quilts and abstract quilts.  The abstract pieces are usually explorations of color and materials.  The narrative quilts tell a story about or pay tribute to the people in my life.  I like working on two or three quilts simultaneously because I usually have lots of ideas that are going on at the same time and I like to ‘rest’ each quilt on the wall—unfinished--as I work on another for a time.  That way I can see more objectively what they are and how they look.  They might rest there for a week or for several months.

 Sometimes I have a plan for the finished look and sometimes I work toward a finish that is still a mystery to me.  I’m not afraid to begin without a final look in mind.  I invent as I go.  I refine techniques as I work.  You’ll find some unfinished edges and loose threads in my work because I like the feel and movement of cloth; it’s not a static medium.

My materials include mostly cloth and thread, but also paper, beads, buttons, leaves, seeds, clothing and accessories. I also use paints, inks, crayons, and photo printing to create patterns and images on cloth.  Both hand and machine stitching are used.