Intrigued by my grandmother’s quilts, I took a quilting class in 1996. While making traditional quilts provided a respite from my busy schedule as an attorney, I wanted more personal satisfaction from my efforts. So, I decided to venture into the world of art quilting. As I never studied art, I started taking art quilting classes, and I still enjoy taking classes to learn new techniques and gain new perspectives.
My prior artistic activities included photography and embroidery. This experience, together with my tendency to plan every detail, forged an artistic style focused on creating precise, realistic art. As a result, many of my art quilts are based on my photographs, observations of nature, and my dogs. I use both commercial cotton fabrics and my hand-dyed pieces. I enjoy embellishing my work with yarns, beads, felted wool, and other trims, including crochet work and embroidery from my grandmother’s stash. I often add extensive free-motion machine quilting and thread painting to my quilts, using my sit-down long arm.
I believe that all quilts are art and should be shared with others, whether by placing an art quilt in a show or by making and giving a lap-size quilt to a charity. I find both activities to be fun and rewarding.
El Paso Star on the Mountain, 27" x 37" , 2020
