Moonlighting Quilts

About the Artist

From vision to reality, everything about the quilt process engages me: the initial flash of inspiration, the fabric choices, the design decisions, and especially the quilting.  I love the process. 

I have been working with commercial fabric mostly, but that seems to be changing.  I like to stamp and layer my own fabric to use as backgrounds and I like to incorporate silks where I can.  I also like to work with texture and embellishments, using beads, old clock parts, and trinkets from the home center.  I prefer to let the piece tell me what it needs and then I do my best to live up to its expectations.

Most often, I make quilts in response to challenges or commissions where I have to conform to a theme, a set of rules, a client’s desires.  When my schedule allows, I work with ideas and techniques that make my heart sing.  I love structure – trees, buildings, standing stones.  I incorporate words wherever I can and I revel in their graphic nature.  I believe that black is a neutral and I include it in almost everything.

If I’m not in my studio, you’ll probably find me teaching, lecturing, or facilitating workshops.