Creating is a passion

HOW I BEGAN: When I was 11 years old, my mother showed me how to use my grandmother's electrified Singer sewing machine, gave me a carton of fabric & scraps, and turned me loose.  My mother had been supplying me from the age of five with craft kits, but I never paid any attention to the direction sheet and simply looked at the picture and whipped up the creation.  So when I began to sew I already had the freedom to make whatever I wanted.  This really hasn't changed much today.  Oh, yes, Mom and I took a template/hand quilting class when I was fourteen and I learned pattern sewing in high school, but I've never lost my passion for doing my own thing.  I've taken scores of classes in quilting techniques, weaving, wet and needle-felting, fabric painting and dyeing, design and jewelry-making - and these all form the basis of my art- but my favorite thing is to dream up something new and challenge myself to bring that project to life.  Being a perfectionist & having an eye for color doesn't hurt either!  I love traveling, architecture & art museums, photography and drawing in my sketchbook - everyday looking for new beauty in the world to bring to my art.  I love that everyday is an adventure.