Lines #6 - Connected As we socially isolated during the COVID 19 pandemic, many of us felt even more connected to others than before. Lines #6 – Connected explores this paradox and the thoughts of dedicated introverts, such as myself, for whom the pandemic emphasized feelings...
A Bedrock of Calm Hand appliquéing one curve each day during sixty days of our COVID-19 lockdown was my Bedrock of Calm during this unprecedented time. While the world was turning upside down, spending an hour a day away from the alarming news helped me cope...
Chaos and Calm Much of my work is about the tension between drama and serenity. Stitching this piece during the COVID pandemic and Black Lives Matter protests, the juxtaposition of chaos and calm was never clearer. I was fairly safe in my own bubble at home,...
Unnecessary Losses Every single day, more than 100 people in the United States die from gun violence. In 2018, 39,740 people died from gun violence which works out to nearly 109 per day (UC Davis/CDC). Of those, each day, 66 deaths were from suicide (black), 38 were...
Red Ovals This piece started as an experiment with adding raw-edged strips to the quilt background during the quilting process. My fabric choices were way too subtle. I set it aside. But a 50" square piece that is already quilted begs for completion. I remembered a...
Where the Quiet Lives Our world moves at breakneck speed and we are bombarded daily with horrific news. My mission is to encourage us all to stop and breathe – to take a few deep breaths and relax so we can stay in touch with our...
Intensity: Dedication Red has many moods, but one thing Red isn’t, is timid. Red is always intense. Intensity: Dedication explores the doggedness of pursing a dream and doing each small step over and over again until it is done and done well. It is a whole...
Old Friends With their beautiful curves, vases have long been a favorite shape. Old Friends started there and went on to include many other favorites: a background fabric with maps, text fabrics, soft neutral colors and a deep rich indigo. The theme continued with lots of...
Lake of Blankness My creativity was a refuge during the first nine months of the pandemic. Then, it just left. The early months of 2021 were a "Lake of Blankness." A change from my usual style helped express that feeling in fabric and find a way...
Midnight After several years of working mostly in black and white, I fell in love with the idea of a beautiful midnight blue and all its friends. The shapes are not meant to symbolize anything in particular, but just felt right to me. Somehow, the final...