I have been a quilter for over 35 years with the first 25 devoted to my first love of hand quilting and the last 10 with my second love of machine quilting.  I first fell in love with quilts while my family was stationed in the Blue Ridge Mountains in North Carolina and Virginia and it has been a complete obsession since then!

Passing on my love of quilting and design through teaching is a dream come true.  I recently left my full time job in the medical field to teach and speak nationally for Superior Threads.  My love of design has led to unique opportunities to design stencils for Quilting Creations, Inc. and whole-cloth designs for Golden Threads.  I have also had several design features in Quilters Newsletter Magazine. My book, Wholecloth Linen Quilts, was released this year by AQS and features a wide variety of linen quilts as well as a large selection of my quilting designs. 

My husband Kent and I live in Chico, California where he patiently supports my quilting obsession which has taken over both our lives and our home!  We have two grown daughters, Jenny and Emily, with the newest additions to the family, granddaughters Chloe and Samantha, who are the absolute best.