BIO and Technique

By the time I was seven years old I was sewing my own doll clothes, some being quite elaborate. My mother taught me to sew while my father was tailoring clothes in a men's clothing store. I have sewn clothes and costumes over time, and more recently, I've become interested in creating silk and landscape art quilts. My sewing has moved into machine free-motion quilting onto silk fabric.

For my art quilts I collect large amounts of silk scraps including raw silk from India and kimono silk from Japan. You can see my "stash" in the photo on the left. My fabrics have little or no pattern designs, but tend to have a lot of texture.

My technique: I finalize my design concept, and then I cut scraps of silk fabric into small pieces using a rotary cutter. Each quilt speaks to me separately on the size and shape of the pieces it requires. I place the cut pieces as I wish onto my quilt sandwich and add pieces of yarn for additional interest. I then place a piece of similarly colored tulle over the scraps, pin the layers together, and use free motion machine quilting to secure the sandwich together. Later I hand sew beads and other embellishments onto the quilts for the finishing touch on many of my quilts.

If you would like additional information on my process or you would like to purchase any of my quilts, please use the form in the "Contact" page of this website.