Transforming Fiber and Cloth

I’ve always had a love for fiber and cloth.  No one in my family ever made quilts.  My love for creating with cloth began as a teenager.  I liked being different and outrageous with cloths.  

Since learning to quilt, the process of having an outer fabric, with an inner fabric, then another piece on the back.  This process is called making a “sandwich” which is then either quilted by hand or machine.  

I usually work on one piece at a time, but find when I am in a really creative mood, there is often more than one piece in progress.  Especially if I get stuck in the design process.  Then I lay that piece aside and pick up something else.  Often I just sit and sew stripes of irregular pieces together.  Some quilters refer to that as “stripe therapy.”  It works.  For then, I find that I can either go back to a piece or use those strips as a foundation for an abstract piece.   

I recall deciding NOT to make bed quilts because they were cumbersome to work with under my sewing machine.  That was 5 years ago.  Now my spirit is in a different place, I am making larger pieces, although not bed size, but more appreciate for large spaces on walls.  During this season of my quilting, I am creating historical quilts.  For example, there is one entitled Wild Women Don’t Have the Blues.  It depicts several blues women singers of the 20s, 30s and 40s.  I expect that it will become a series of three or four pieces.  

One Artistic Eye Deserves Another

Capturing Special Events

Your Biggest Moments Captured, Without Interruption

Let’s face it – a special event is something we look back on for years to come, remembering the good times we’ve had and the wonderful people we’ve shared our lives with. Capturing that event is just as important as any other detail you need to work out. My photography will help you capture the magic of the moment, whether it’s a graduation, wedding, anniversary, baptism or similar special moment in your life.

Because I’ve worked with so many clients in so many different environments, you’ll barely notice I’m there – the occasional touch to fix a hem or request to turn slightly is all you’ll notice. This is just one way I capture the magic.