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Proud to be a BERNINA Ambassador
I am proud to be a longtime BERNINA Ambassador. When I joined in 2003 I met people like Libby Lehman and Yvonne Porcella, who befriended and mentored me. Over the years I’ve had 10 different BERNINA machines, and currently I sew on a B 790 and Q 20 – the sitdown model. 2003 was my first year in the BERNINA Fashion Show. Imagine my delight when my entry ended up on the cover of the show book! In 2006 I was invited to attend the ambassador trip to Switzerland, where we toured the factory, had cocktails at the owner’s villa, traveled to textile and lace museums, and….ate a lot of…
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Kyoto Quilt Festival – March 2025 – Part 2
In March 2025 I was invited to show my work in a solo gallery at the Kyoto Quilt Festival, which was held in the Miyako Messe – the Kyoto International Exhibition Hall. This large building also houses the Kyoto Museum of Crafts and Design. Adjacent to the entrance to the quilt show, was an exhibit of kimonos presented by the craft museum. The exhibit was named “Enjoying the Seasons #14”. Quilt and textile artists are always keen to study kimono exhibits, because the traditional techniques are such an inspiration to us. Shibori detail of plum blossoms in this cream, gold, red and black kimono. The Japanese color aesthetic is often…
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Stardust Mothers – Now at DAR Museum
Whenever people see this piece, they have lots of questions about my process, so I thought I’d share the story with some images. I lost my mother in November 2023. On my last day in Houston at the Quilt Festival, I got the call that she tested positive for Covid. That was Friday…I flew back Saturday….she was gone late Tuesday night. She had a long slow decline and was near the end (before Covid took her), so I had a lot of time to prepare. Me & Mom, circa 1968. During the last year of her life, I thought a lot about the generations of women in my family. I…
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Life in the Arts
I have identified as an artist as long as I can remember. I was told that I was an artist as a child, and I accepted it as truth, because that is what I loved to do. In school, I was not just doodling in class. I was sketching in class, practicing drawing a wide range of subjects in the margins of my math assignments while sitting quietly, shyly hiding under the radar. I remember feeling competitive in our brief art classes. I wanted to be the best artist in the classroom. By Junior High I had read The Agony and the Ecstasy (biography about Michelangelo) so many times the…