About

After more than two decades working as an editor, I began making quilts about 25 years ago, learning from every teacher, workshop, exhibit, and book I could find.

Today I focus on modern quilting, which features bold use of color, minimalism and maximalism, improvisational piecing, and expansive negative space. I’m drawn to solid cotton fabric with strong, saturated color, and I love to play with geometry. I get inspiration from the world around me and from the striking contrasts of many Scandinavian textiles.

I'm grateful to many patient and talented teachers and artists, especially Barbara Howell of Martha’s Vineyard, who got me started, Weeks Ringle and Bill Kerr of the Modern Quilt Studio, who always dazzle me with their work, and Emily Williams of Em Williams Fiber Arts, who has helped me improve in every way.

I cut fabric pieces by hand, assemble my quilts with my domestic sewing machine, and do the top stitching, or quilting, on small quilts myself. I almost always send my bigger works to long-arm quilters, whose massive machines can handle three layers in large sizes.

I'm a member of the Boston Modern Quilt Guild and the Cambridge Modern Quilt Guild, which are both chapters of the international Modern Quilt Guild.

In recent years, my quilts have been in several shows, including:

New England Quilt Museum, Lowell, MA
“Modern Quilting,” a show of quilts made by members of the Boston Modern Quilt Guild.
April & May 2021

Vermont Quilt Show, online because of COVID
(juried exhibit, second-place finish).
June 21–July 27, 2021

QuiltFest New England, Springfield, MA
A show of quilts made by members of the Boston Modern Quilt Guild (juried exhibit).
August 11–14, 2022

Various public libraries (including Natick, Newton, and Boston)
Shows of quilts made by members of the Boston Modern Quilt Guild illustrating Dewey Decimal categories.
2022–2025

Boston Museum of Science
A show of quilts made by members of the Boston Modern Quilt Guild for the Denim Project, using denim and upcycled fabric.
March 16, 2024

Needham Town Hall
A show of quilts made by members of the Boston Modern Quilt Guild.
September 28–29, 2024

Boston City Hall
A show of quilts made by members of the Boston Modern Quilt Guild.
March 3–May 2, 2025