Art quilts are my passion.  They combine color, texture and design together.  My designs are original or reworked traditional.  I love color and my work clearly shows that.  In addition, I love adding a layer of texture, such as three-dimensional pieces.  Most of the time, I start the process with a design in my head which I put down on paper.  I then pull fabrics and start cutting and sewing.  Lots of times my draft is not even close to what I actually made but it is still part of the process.  Sometimes I see a fabric and it serves as the jumping off point for the piece of art.

I am a Professional Engineer and many of the tools that I learned how to use are ones that I use on a regular basis.  These include French curves, a compass and graph paper. The challenge becomes how to translate the design to fabric.  Fortunately I am not hindered by the fear of mistakes.  It is all part of the process.  Sometimes those mistakes become the perfect feature of a piece.