TIMELINE
1999-2005 Discovered the quilting world, after 35 years of garment and household sewing
2005-2010 Owner of Grinnell FiberWorks , Grinnell, IA March bringing unique fabrics for the area, yarns and beads
"Grinnell FiberWorks changed the direction and face of Iowa quilting forever” quoted by customers, employees and friends.
2010-2017 Quilt shop closed due to family obligations, put a long hold on creating; caring for my parents and in-laws until they passed in 2017
2013 Began to design, sew and quilt again
PUBLISHED
2018 Wisconsin Museum of Quilts and Fiber Arts website featured in BARN BLAST Commemorating His Purple Reign: A Textural Tribute to Prince
'In Honor of Prince'
2017 Banner and Publications using A Textural Tribute to Prince Commemorating His Purple Reign 'In Honor of Prince'
2003 Masterpieces Spirit and Strength Husqvarna Viking Gallery of Quilt Art at International Quilt Festival Centered (quilter)
2003 Great American Quilts 2003 Oxmoor House , pages 122-125 Wishes for the World
2001 Brochure cover for Lutheran Brotherhood show 'Dorothy’s Not in Kansas Anymore'
Cherrywood Fabric Challenges Books
2019 BobRoss 'Happy Little Painters'
2018 Prince 'Shining On'
2017 Van Gogh 'Vincent’s French Hen'
2016 Lion King 'Circle of Life'
2014 Wicked 'Toto... Drop it!'
Spirits Rising II and Wishes for the World
2002 Highland Villager July 3 'Spirits Rising ll'
2002 Catholic Spirit June Spirits Rising ll'
2002 Channel 5 News July 4 Spirits Rising ll'
2002 Channel 9 News Feature, June Spirits Rising ll'
2002 America From the Heart , book cover, p.92 'Spirits Rising l'
2002 America From the Heart, p.126 'Wishes for the World'
2002 Quilter’s Newsletter, January 2002 'Wishes for the World'
2002 Quilting Arts Winter 2002 'Wishes for the World'
EXHIBITIONS
2019 MN Quilters Convention in Rochester Entry to Art Section 'Ziggy'
2019 MN Quilters Convention in Rochester Entry Traditional 'Colored Squares'
2019 Mpls/St Paul International Airport Concourse E A Textural Tribute to Prince Commemorating His Purple Reign 'In Honor of Prince'
2018 MN Quilters Convention St Cloud non-judged Resist Persist
2018 MN Quilters Convention St Cloud non-judged Birds on a Wire
2018 Wisconsin Museum of Quilts and Fiber Arts A Textural Tribute to Prince Commemorating His Purple Reign 'In Honor of Prince'
2018 A Common Thread Exhibition Textile Center 'Childhood'
2017 A Common Thread Exhibition Textile Center' Sunset Waters'
2017 Textile Center of Minnesota A Textural Tribute to Prince Commemorating His Purple Reign 'In Honor of Prince'
2019 MCQ Challenge at MN Quilters Convention Music Inspirations 'Claire de Lune'
2018 MCQ Challenge at MN Quilters Convention Inspired by Artist of your Choice 'Inspirations of Mark Rothko'
2016 MCQ Challenge at MN Quilters Convention 'Hail to Thee, Minnesota'
2016 MCQ Challenge Swedish Institute 'Hail to Thee, Minnesota'
2016 MCQ Challenge at MN Quilters Convention 'Philosophical Hens'
2015 MCQ Challenge at MN Quilters Convention 'Futuristic Fish'
2011 Watershed Members of Textile Center and Surface Design Association in conjunction with Confluence Conference Minneapolis, MN 'Spirit of Aaron'
2004 “Quilt Across America,” representing the Textile Center of Minnesota in partnership with the Broadway show “Oklahoma!” 'Great MN Lakes and Trees'
2004 Thrivent Financial, Minneapolis, MN 'Dorothy’s Not in Kansas Anymore'
2004 Banfill-Locke Art Center, Fridley, MN 'Dorothy’s Not in Kansas Anymore'
2003 Minnetonka Center for the Arts, Minnetonka, MN miscellaneous quilts
2002 Quilting the Quilt, Duluth, MN 'Wishes for the World'
2001 Allentown Art Museum’s A Century of Progress, Allentown, PA 'Dorothy’s Not in Kansas Anymore' Show toured around country
2000 American Textile History Museum, Lowell, MA, Cocheco Print Works Challenge 'What Comes Around, Goes Around'
2002-04 Spirits Rising I-IV
2005-09 Grinnell FiberWorks Quilt SR II
2005 Grinnell Jewel of the Prairie Quilt Show, Grinnell, IA SR II
2003 US Embassy – Costa Rica 'Spirits Rising IV'
2003 US Embassy in San José, Costa Rica, January
2003 Centro Cutural Costarricense Norteamericano, Galería Sophia Wanamaker San Pedro, Costa Rica, February
2003 Centro Cutural Costarricense Norteamericano Cartago, Costa Rica, March
2003 El Museo Histórico San Ramon, Costa Rica, March
2003 Conney M. Kimbo Art Gallery at the University of Pittsburgh September 8 through 13, 2003 SR II
2002 Thrivent Financial, Minneapolis, MN SR II
2002 International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX The Day the World Changed 'SR II and SR III'
2002 Toured country with AMERICA: From the Heart Exhibition 'SR III'
2002 Minnesota Quilters Show, St. Cloud, MN 2002 SR I and SRII
WISHES FOR THE WORLD
2001 IQF Silent Auction raised over $600 purchased by Karey Bresenhan, Director IQA 'Spirits Rising I', 'Wishes for the World'
2008-12 St Stephens Human Services
2006 St Stephen's Catholic Church, Minneapolis, MN December
2005 Grinnell Jewel of the Prairie Quilt Show, Grinnell, IA
2003 Thrivent Financial, Minneapolis, MN
2003 911: Las Artistas Reacionan, Costa Rica, February
2003 US Embassy in San José, Costa Rica, January
2003 Centro Cutural Costarricense Norteamericano, Galería Sophia Wanamaker San Pedro, Costa Rica, February
2003 Centro Cutural Costarricense Norteamericano Cartago, Costa Rica, March
2003 El Museo Histórico San Ramon, Costa Rica, March
2002 Pacific International Quilt Festival, Santa Clara CA
2002 American Quilt Society Show, Paducah, KY
2002 World Quilt Expo, Springfield MA
2002 Pacific International Quilt Festival, Santa Clara, CA October
2002 American Quilt Society Show, Paducah, KY, April
2002 AMERICA: From the Heart IQF, Houston, TX November
AWARDS
MN State Fair Quilt on a Stick
2019 5th place Have you Ever Seen a Cow Dance? 'Barnyard Coutierre'
2018 NA Up North 'Minnesota State Bird?'
2017 5th place Quilters Can Bake Too 'But whose gonna make us!'
2016 5rd place My Life as a Quilter 'Old Betsy'
2014 2nd place Embellishments 'Stellaton'
2019 MN Quilters Convention Art-Judges Recognition Award 'Ziggy'
2014 Cherrywood Fabric Challenge Viewer’s Choice Wicked 'Toto...Drop It!'
2003 International Quilt Festival Houston, TX, Husqvarna Viking Expo Runner up, shared by creator, Tricia Spitzmueller, 'Centered' (quilter)
2003 Minnesota Quilter’s Convention, St. Paul, MN 2nd place-Challenge fabric, Founder’s Choice
2002 Minnesota Quilter’s Convention, St. Cloud, MN 1st place Patriotic Category 'Spirits Rising II'
2001 Minnesota Quilter’s Convention, Duluth, MN 2nd place Innovative 'Wishes for the World'
2001 Minnesota Quilter’s Convention, Duluth, MN Judge’s Choice, Faculty Choice 'Tropical Grizzleys'
2001 Allentown Art Museum’s ‘A Century of Progress’, Allentown, PA Honorable Mention 'Dorothy’s Not in Kansas Anymore'
2000 American Textile History Museum, Lowell, MA, Cocheco Print Works Challenge Honorable Mention 'What Comes Around, Goes Around'