I took my
first quilting class in 1991. After taking many classes on piecing
and appliqué, I decided that hand appliqué was the one and
only thing I really wanted to do. After trying various needlework hobbies
such as crewel, needlepoint and knitting, I came across a small quilt shop
where I took a sampler class from Sherry Lundquest. Since then I've
been taught by some of the best teachers around - Joyce Selin in Stone
Mountain, GA, Judy Simmons, Patricia Campbell, Jennifer Amore, Dilys Fronks
(Wales), Nancy Pearson, Carol Armstrong, Faye Anderson, Jean Ray Laurie,
Ted Storm (Holland), Luche Jonkers (Belgium), Judy Mathison and Kathy Ingmundson
among others.
Now I enjoy teaching others the joys of
both hand and fusible appliqué. I've taught a number of guilds in
Georgia, North Carolina, Switzerland and Hungary. Teaching
in three cities in Switzerland was wonderful and being the first American
to teach in Hungary was a special privilege. I've traveled to Hungary twice
and my pattern RALPH is a direct result of teaching them the second
year.
Once back in the USA, others wanted the
rooster pattern so I decided to self publish with Eileen Sullivan as my
mentor. Five more patterns followed and now I'm working on number
six.
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