About Me

 

I grew up in Detroit during the 1950s and ’60s and earned my MS in Accounting from Wayne State University. After a 30-year career in accounting, my husband retired from Ford Motor Company in 2002, and we moved from Livonia to our home on Wixom Lake near Midland, Michigan—a house I personally designed.

While our son attended high school in Midland, I became friends with a group of local quilters. In 2005, I bought my first sewing machine and quickly fell in love with the craft. Almost immediately, I began modifying patterns, and by 2007, I was designing my own quilts using Electric Quilt software (EQ6).

One of my earliest and most ambitious designs, The Big Bang, was completed in 2008. Though never released as a pattern due to its complexity, it has won several awards and was featured in the AQS 2013 Quilt Art Engagement Calendar.

Many of my quilts are paper pieced, allowing me to create intricate, sharply angled compositions that would be difficult to achieve with traditional piecing alone. I also use a variety of specialty rulers to bring precision and complexity to my layouts.

In 2011, I added a Statler Stitcher / Gammill Long Arm Machine to my studio and began quilting my own tops. I was honored with the Rookie of the Year Award at the Machine Quilters Showcase in 2012.

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Today, I focus on publishing original quilt patterns that blend technical precision with artistic storytelling. Many of my designs are paper pieced and feature intricate geometry, poetic themes, and a deep love of color and structure. Each quilt is a journey—crafted to inspire, challenge, and delight.