Shows & Awards
International Quilt Festival, Houston, 2016
Quilt: Bent Tree
Juried Shows
Sacred Threads, 2015
Quilt: Homecoming
Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival, 2013
Quilt: Let's Go!
Sacred Threads, 2013
Quilt: Let's Go!
Sacred Threads, 2009
Quilt: Memories
Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival, 2008
Quilts: Mentor, Guru & Sage; Too Much Soul to Control
Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival, 2007
Quilt: MonarchChromatic
International Quilt Festival, Houston, 2007
Quilts: Too Much Soul to Control; Phyxius (Journal Quilt Special Exhibit)
Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival, 2006
Quilts: Time Flies; Fiddle Dee Dee
Quilt Odyssey, 2006
Quilt: Fiddle Dee Dee
International Quilt Festival, Houston, 2005
Quilt: Time Flies
Quilt ChallengeTours
A Quilt Block Challenge: Vintage Revisted
My Quilts: A Tisket, a Tasket, a Little Vintage Basket; It's About Time; We'll Always Have Paris; The Write Stuff; Circling the Drain; To Mary, Who Has Kept Us All Rolling Along
The exhibit traveled extensively from 2007 to 2013. For more information, click here.
Power Suits: An Art Quilt Challenge
My Quilt: Power Suited Him
Collection: 108 quilts, 105 quilt artists, from 21 states plus Canada
For more information, click here.
Debut: Artistic Artifacts, 2011
Lancaster Spring Quilt Show, 2012
The Arts Center in Orange, Virginia, 2012
Upper MidWest Show/Machine Quilting Today, Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, 2012
School 33 Art Center, Baltimore, Maryland, 2012
Road to Calfornia, Ontario, California, 2013
Del Ray Artisans' Gallery, Alexandria, VA (partial collection) 2013
NQA 44th Annual Quilt Show, Columbus, Ohio, 2013
Arts & Old Lace: An Art Quilt Challenge
My Quilt: Challenge Redux
Collection: 87 quilts, 80 quilt artists, from 10 states, Canada, and the UK
Debut: Artistic Artifacts, 2012
Lancaster Spring Quilt Show, 2013
The Arts Center in Orange, Virginia, 2013
Road to Calfornia, Ontario, California, 2014
Celebrate the Date
My Quilt: Increase Your Psychic Power Day (October 31st)
This challenge, organized by Shannon Shirley, celebrates the unexpected, oddball holidays that are often overlooked but guaranteed to make you smile. Click here for more information.
Inspired by the Beatles
My Quilt: Let it Be
This challenge, organized by Donna Marcinkowski DeSoto, commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Beatles' first visit to the United States. Click here for more information.
Inspired by the National Parks
My Quilt: Acadia
This challenge was organized by Donna Marcinkowski DeSoto who then authored the book.
Invitational & Group Exhibits
St. Francis Episcopal Church Quilt Show, 2013
Quilt: Power Suited Him
St. Francis Episcopal Church Quilt Show, 2012
Quilt: Let's Go!
The Arts Center in Orange, 2010
Minds Wide Open
Quilts: Color!; MonarchChromatic
Ratner Museum, Bethesda, MD, 2008
Group: Fiber Artists @ loose ends
Quilts: Homecoming, Time Flies, Fiddle Dee Dee, MonarchChromatic
Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival, 2008
Group: Fiber Artists @ loose ends
Exhibit: Identity Crisis
Quilt: Homecoming
Artistic Artifacts, Alexandria, Virginia, 2008
Group: Mason Dixon Quilt Professionals
Exhibit: To Color or Not to Color
Quilt: Color!
Shirlington Library, 2008
Solo Show
Quilts: Broadway Lights; Placeholder #1; Time Flies; Fiddle Dee Dee; MonarchChromatic
Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival, 2007
Group: Fiber Artists @ loose ends
Exhibit: Rhythm of Women
Quilt: Circle of Friends
New Jersey State Quilt Convention, 2007
Group: The Quilt Professionals' Network
Exhibit: Strength in Diversity
Quilt: Fiddle Dee Dee
Centreville Library, 2006
Group: Fiber Artists @ loose ends
Quilts: Time Flies; Fiddle Dee Dee; Circle of Friends; Magicicada Septendicum
Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, Virginia, 2005
Exhibit: Healing Quilts in Medicine
Quilts: Feverfew
Open Shows
Quilters Unlimited of Northern Virginia, 2007
Quilt: Stone Mosaic
Quilters Unlimited of Northern Virginia, 2006
Quilt: Batik Bear's Paw
New Jersey State Quilt Convention, 2006
Quilts: Time Flies; Trees
Quilters Unlimited of Northern Virginia, 2005
Quilt: Ella Fishgerald
Quilters Unlimited of Northern Virginia, 2004
Quilt: By the Chimney with Care
Quilters Unlimited of Northern Virginia, 2003
Quilts: Broadway Lights; Placeholder #1
Quilters Unlimited of Northern Virginia, 2002
Quilts: Picking Up the Pieces; This One's for You; With this Ring...
Quilters Unlimited of Northern Virginia, 2001
Quilt: Obsessed with Batiks
Quilters Unlimited of Northern Virginia, 2000
Quilt: A Puzzling Year
Quilters Unlimited of Northern Virginia, 1999
Quilts: 50 Years of Memories; Untitled -- for Jerry Santos
Quilters Unlimited of Northern Virginia, 1998
Quilt: Midnight Stroll
Awards
Show: Debut, Powers Suits: An Art Quilt Challenge, 2011
Quilt: Power Suited Him
Award: Hands-Down Favorite
Show: Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival, 2007
Quilt: MonarchChromatic
Award:
Blue Ribbon, best hand workmanship, wall quilts
Show: New Jersey State Quilt Convention, 2006
Quilt: Trees
Award: Second place, theme category, Pieceful Reflections