Objective
To create works of fabric art, utilizing specialized appliqué methods and quilting.

Publication
Author of the following books:
THE APPLIQUÉ BOOK, 1974, Meredith Corporation (Better Homes and Gardens), Des Moines, IA
CUTWORK APPLIQUÉ, 1983, New Century Publishers, Inc., Piscataway, NJ
MOLA MAKING, 1984, New Century Publishers, Inc., Piscataway, NJ
MOLA TECHNIQUES FOR TODAY'S QUILTERS, 1995, AQS, Paducah, KY
SCHOOLHOUSE APPLIQUÉ, 1995, C&T, Walnut Creek, CA.
Created over 250 craft ideas for magazines from 1968 – 1985
Better Homes and Gardens
Family Circle
Woman's Day
Good Housekeeping
Created embroidery kits for Paragon and Bucilla
Featured in:
America’s Glorious Quilts, Hugh Levin Assoc. Inc. 1987
The Art Quilt by Robert Shaw, Hugh Levin Assoc. Inc. 1997
The Quilt by Marie Salazar, Friedman Fairfax Pub. Group, Inc. 1997

Exhibitions

One Woman Exhibits Selected Listing
Maturango Museum, Ridgecrest, CA 2000
New Pieces, Berkeley, CA 2000
13 Moons Gallery, Santa Fe, NM 2000

Group Shows (Juried and Invitational) Selected Listing
PAN PACIFIC QUILT SHOW, HONOLULU, HI 2004
QUILT AND SPRING FEST, Myrtle Beach, SC, 2004
FAVA Gallery, Oberlin, Ohio, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1992, 2004
American Quilters' Society Show, Paducah, KY 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995
AIQA, QUILT FESTIVAL, Houston, TX, 1985. 1987, 1988, 1989. 1991, 1992, 1995,
QUILT EXPO EUROPA, Odense, Denmark, 1990; Lyon, France, 1996; Strasbourg, France, 2000; Den Haag, the Netherlands, 2004
QUILT NATIONAL '93, '07, Athens, Ohio (juried and traveling show)
NEW DIRECTIONS: QUILTS FOR THE 21ST CENTURY, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA 1994
DIVERSITY!, Studio Art Quilt Assoc. Arrowmont, Gatlinburg, TN 1995 (juried and traveling show)
Studio Art Quilt Assoc. regional art quilt show, Shenandoah Winery, Plymouth, CA 1995;
New Artworks Gallery, Fair Oaks, CA, 1999; Doiron Gallery, Sacramento, CA, 2001
IQA, INTERNATIONAL QUILT FESTIVAL, Houston, TX, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
THE ARTFUL HAND, Gallery Concord, Concord, CA 1996
VISIONS, San Diego, CA, 1998, 2002
Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, 1999
13 Moons Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, 2000, 2001
Studio Art Quilt Assoc., 13 Moons Gallery, 2000
TACTILE ARCHITECTURE, INTERNATIONAL QUILT FESTIVAL, Houston, TX, 2000
MEDITERRANEAN ODDYSSY, QUILT EXPO EUROPA, Barcelona, Spain 2002
HANDS ALL AROUND, INTERNATIONAL QUILT FESTIVAL, Houston, TX 2002
Invitation to TOKYO GREAT QUILT FESTIVAL exhibit of 30 distinguished quilters of the world. Tokyo Japan, 2003
SAN JOSE MUSEUM OF QUILTS AND TEXTILES, San Jose, CA, quilts and mola collection, 2003
PIONEERS TEACHING THE WORLD TO QUILT, New England Quilt Museum, Lowell, MA 2003
COLOR FIELD:PAINTING WITH CLOTH, Davis Art Center, Davis, CA 2003

Awards Selected Listing
FAVA Gallery, Oberlin, Ohio 1984
International Quilt Exhibit, Del Mar, CA, 1984
AIQA, Quilt Festival, Houston, TX, 1992
IQA, International Quilt Festival, Honorable Mention, Judge's Award, 1995, 2003
Auburn Arts Center, Auburn, CA, 1991
AQS, Paducah, KY, 1993 Honorable Mention, Judge Recognition, 1995
Pointillist Palette Contest sponsored by Kaufmann Fabrics, First, Contemporary Category 1996
Aullwood Audobon Center, Dayton, OH, Best of Show, 1998
Davis Art Center, Davis, CA, ¦est of Show, 2003

Graphic Art (Specialized in package design)
Landor Associates, San Francisco, CA 10 years full time, part time, 20 years free lance
Dickens Associates, Chicago, IL, 4 years
Raymond Loewy Associates, Chicago, IL, 1 year

Education
Wittenberg College, Springfield, Ohio, art major, 1 1/2 years
Central Academy of Commercial Art, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2 years
Random units at community colleges (Business, Spanish, Cultural Anthropology, Computer Graphics, Web Design)

Collections
Levi Strauss and Co. Corporate Headquarters, San Francisco, CA
Karey Bresenhan, International Quilt Festival Founder
Kaiser Permanente, Santa Clara, CA
Various private collections

Other
Visited Kuna Yala on the San Blas Islands of Panama seven times to learn mola techniques and observe the Kuna lifestyle, staying with a Kuna family.
Taught appliqué and lectured at shops, guilds, major quilt events 1975 - 1998, now retired
Created web Site