Selected Recent Exhibitions
2024
- Australian Quilt Convention, Melbourne, AU
- Minnesota State Quilt Guild, Duluth, MN
- SAQA--"Abstraction: Textural Elements", Heidelberg, Germany
- Brno Patchwork Meeting, Brno, The Czech Republic
- Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival, Hampton, VA
- Pacific International Quilt Festival, Santa Clara, CA
- The Poppy Cherrywood Challenge
- Sacred Threads, Art in Hospitals, Chicago, IL
2023
- International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX
- Road to California, Ontario, CA
2022
- Pacific Northwest Quilt and Fiber Arts Festival, Everett, WA
- Road to California, Ontario, CA
- AQS Quilt WEEK, Branson, Missouri
- AQS Quilt WEEK, Paducah, KY
2021
- A World of Beauty, International Quilt Festival, Houston TX
2019
- International Poets' and Authors" Challenge, Traveling Exhibition--Japan, France, and the United States
- International Fairy/Folk Tale Challenge: Ridgefield, WA
- Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum, "Evolutions Juried Challenge", Golden, CO
- Northwest Quilting Expo, Portland, OR
- International Quilt and Fiber Festival, Pacific Northwest Quilt and Fiber Arts Museum, La Conner, WA
2018
- International Fairy/Folk Tale Challenge: Japan, France and the United States
- Visions Art Museum, "Connections", San Diego, CA
- Patchwork Design 2018: Sao Paulo, Rio de Janiero, and Curitiba, Brazil
- Visions Art Museum, "Summertime," San Diego, CA
- Featured Artist--Stitchin' in Halloweentown", St. Helens, OR
- Road to California, Ontario, CA
- Featured Quilter--Northwest Quilters Show, Portland, OR
2017
- International World Heritage Sites Invitational: Japan, Korea, and the United States
- International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX
- Gems of the Ocean, Yachats, OR
- International Fairy/Folk Tale Challenge: Japan, France and the United States
- Radical Elements: Studio Art Quilts Associates, Traveling Exhibition, McAllen, TX
- AQS Quilt WEEK--Lancaster, Lancaster, PA
- AQS Quilt WEEK--Paducah, Paducah, KY
- Road to California, Ontario, CA
- AFFAIRS OF THE HEART, Go For Red Women, The American Heart Association, Boston, MA
2016
- International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX
- International World Heritage Sites Invitational, Japan, Korea and the United States
- A World of Beauty, International Quilt Festival/Houston, Houston, TX
- SPUN--NEST Arts Factory Gallery, Bridgeport, CT
- Fresh Fibers--Sherwood Center for the Arts, Sherwood, OR
- Featured Artist--The Oregon Garden, "Stitches in Bloom Quilt Show," Silverton, OR
2015
- International Fairy/Folk Tale Challenge, Traveling Exhibition, Japan, France, United States, 2015-2018
- 2015 Quilt and Fiber Art Festival, La Conner Quilt & Textile Museum, La Conner, WA
- Northwest Quilting Expo, Portland Expo Center, Portland, OR
- Featured Artist--Glendale Quilt Guild, "Home Is Where The Quilt Is", Pasadena. CA
- NQA Judges’ Traveling Exhibition: Coastal Jog, National Venues, 2014-2015
- Radical Elements: A Studio Art Quilt Associates Traveling Exhibition, National venues 2014-2017
Publications
- Emergence: From Concept to Stitch, book published February 2022
- American Quilter's Society 2018 Wall Calendar--Cover Photo
- Journal of the International Quilt Association--Quilts A World of Beauty, Fall 2017
- American Quilter Magazine, July 2017, March-April 2018
- International Quilt Festival Quilt Scene, 2016.
- Complex Threads, Gail Harker Creative Studies Center, La Conner, WA, 2015
- American Quilter Magazine, March 2015
- American Quilter Magazine, July 2014
- American Quilter Magazine, July 2010
- American Quilter Magazine, 2008
- Somerset Studio Art Gallery, 2006
Commissions
2009
- Wall hanging, Clackamas County, Oregon City, OR. Created for Oregon Sesquicentennial.
Public Art
2019
- City of Pompano Beach, FL
- Emily Dickenson--The Moth of Amherst
2018
- City of Beaverton, OR
- Z is For Zinnias, C is For Cosmos
- Can't You Hear My Heart Beat
Grants and Awards
2015
- Professional Development Grant, Regional Arts and Culture Council, Portland, OR
2013
- Professional Development Grant, Regional Arts and Culture Council, Portland, OR
2011
- The Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum Evolutions’ Award Winner--Solo Exhibit
Judging Experience
Minnesota State Quilt Guild, Duluth, MN; Quilters' Guild of Plano, TX; Mt Hood Quilt Guild, Gresham, OR; Carson Valley Quilt Guild, Minden, NV; Mountain Stars Quilt Guild, Central Point, OR; Tucson Quilters Guild, Tucson, AZ; Capital City Quilters, Juneau, AK; Seven Sisters Quilt Guild, San Luis Obispo, CA; Desert Quilters of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV; Glendale Quilt Guild, Pasadena, CA; Quilt Fest--La Connor Quilt and Textile Museum, La Connor, WA; Northwest Quilting Expo, Portland, OR; Rogue Valley Piecemakers, Medford, OR; Oregon Coastal Quilters, Newport, OR; Best of the Valley Quilt Show, Lindsay, CA; Home Machine Quilting Show, Salt Lake City, UT; National Quilting Association, Columbus, OH; Clark County Quilters, Vancouver, WA; Covington Quilt Guild, Maple Valley, WA; Umpqua Valley Quilters’ Guild, Roseburg, OR; The Nevada State Guild, Fallon, NV; Mid Valley Quilt Guild, Salem, OR; Vashon Island Quilters Guild, Vashon, WA; Boise Basin Quilters, Boise, ID; Oregon State Fair, Salem, OR; Puyallap Fair, Puyallap, WA; DAR Fiber and Crafts Competition, Portland, OR; Columbia River Gorge Quilt Show, Stevenson, WA; Hood River County Fair, Odell, OR; Columbia County Fair, St. Helens, OR; Clackamas County Fair, Canby, OR; Southwest Washington Fair, Chehalis, WA.
Professional Experience:
- Qualified Instructor for NACQJ Two-Day Judging Seminar
- Book reviewer, American Quilter Magazine
- Contributing Editor, American Quilter Magazine for 7 years
- Author of articles and designs in Gallery, Quilt World, Embroiderers Guild Magazine, Surface Design Association Newsblog, and The Quilting Quarterly
- Product tester for The Quilting Quarterly, National Quilting Association publication
- Featured speaker, Pacific West Quilt Show: For the Love of Fabric, KBTC Public Television, State of Washington 2012
- Lecturer and teacher of quilt making and needle arts since 1995
- Master Quilter, Washington State Extension Service, 2001 - 2002
Education:
National Quilting Association Certified Judge, 2008 NQA Judging Seminar
Certificates in Design and Embroidery, The City and Guilds of London Institute, London, England--1995--1998
Lesage School of Needlework, Paris, France, 1995 – 1996
B.A. English, cum laude, Montana State University (formerly Eastern Montana College), Billings, MT, 1991
Professional Affiliations:
Studio Art Quilt Associates Board Vice President 2024
Studio Art Quilt Associates Oregon Region Co-rep 2021 -- 2022
National Association of Certified Quilt Judges
Columbia FiberArts Guild, Board member 2003- 2005, Show Chair, 2007 and 2009-11 Portland, OR
NW Quilters Guild and Clark County Quilters Guild member
