About Me

I am continually amazed (and grateful) that I have ended up being a quilter! I began my journey as a bassoonist and had a wonderful time studying and working in New York City until my son was born in 1990. I then headed into teaching in the field of Early Childhood Special Education and really enjoyed working and playing with the kids.

In 2000, all the members of my family created squares for a quilt to celebrate my mother’s 70th birthday. Someone had to put it together, and since I had just left my teaching job, I volunteered to assemble and quilt it. I knew a little about sewing; I am one of seven children with four sisters, and sewing my own clothes was one alternative to wearing my sister’s hand-me-downs. On the other hand, I knew very little about quilting and nothing at all about a walking foot!

In 2001 my sister-in-law Nathalie (a wonderfully creative quilter who has great taste in color) gave me a quilt kit full of luscious batik fabrics. Up to this point I had been using very traditional, pale fabrics. Making this quilt revealed two important issues for me; I found that I really needed to organize the color flow of those fabrics rather than to place them randomly, and that it was exciting to work with such luscious, bold fabrics.

Since then I have had the good fortune to begin teaching at two local quilt shops where I meet wonderful quilters and friends. I have learned so much from my fellow teachers as well as from the “students”. I joined the Brownstone, Empire, and Northern Star Quilters Guilds and enjoy the camaraderie and exchange of ideas that come about when quilters get together. I am an avid collector of books and love exploring all the intriguing ideas and techniques that quilters come up with!

Awards

  • 2008
    • Juried into Quilt Fest NJ
      • Best Machine Workmanship
    • Northern Star Quilters Guild Quilt Show 2008: A World of Quilts XXIX
      • Best in Show
      • 1st Place Machine Quilted Bed Quilts
      • Best Machine Applique
  • 2007
    • Juried into Quilt Fest NJ
    • Juried into World Quilt Show in Manchester NH
  • 2006
    • Brownstone Quilters Guild Show
      • Best in Show
      • Judges Choice
      • 1st 2nd 3rd place bed size machine pieced and quilted
    • Warwick Quilters Quild Show
      • Best of Show
      • Best Machine Quilting
      • 1st place bed machine pieced and quilted
    • Juried into Quilt Fest New Jersey
  • 2005
    • Juried into Quilt Fest New Jersey
    • Art on the Mountain (VT)
      • Blue Ribbon Fiber Arts
  • 2004
    • Brownstone Quilters Guild Show
      • 3rd place large bed size machine quilted
    • Art on the Mountain (VT)
      • Blue Ribbon Fiber Arts