Quilt Conventions & Retreats
AQS, Paducah, KY (2010)
International Quilt Show, DUBAI (2010)
Vermont Quilt Festival, Northfield, VT (2002 & 2009)
International Quilt Festival, Chicago, IL, (2004 & 2009)
International Quilt Festival, Long Beach, CA (2009)
International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX(99, 00, 02, 03,05, 06, 07& 09)
Pacific International Quilt Festival, Santa Clara, CA 2008
Indiana Heritage Quilt Show, IN (2007)
Greater Hartford Quilt Guild, Hartford, CT (2001 & 2007)
Kentucky Heritage Quilt Show, Lexington, KY (2007)
North Carolina Quilt Symposium, Mars Hill College, NC (2007)
Quilt Symposium Manawatu 2007, Palmerston North, NZ (2007)
Festival of Quilts, Birmingham, UK (2006 & 2008)
Annual Edmonton Stitches Show, Edmonton, CANADA (2006)
Celebration of Quilts, Pittsburgh, PA (2006)
Viking Convention, Las Vegas, NV (2006)
Minnesota Quilters Show, Duluth, MN (2005)
Calgary Sew Fest, Calgary, CANADA (2005)
Bernina Modes, CURACAO, Netherland Antilles (2004)
McCall’s Quilting Symposium, Golden, CO (2004)
Northeast Quilt Festival, Farminton, CT (2004)
Mid Atlantic Quilt Fest, Williamsburg, VA (2003)
Gulf Coast Quilt Expo, Panama City Beach, FL (2003)
Road to California, Ontario, CA (2003)
A Quilters Gathering, Nashua, NH (2002)
Quilting in the Tetons, Jackson, WY (2002)
QTQ2002 (Quilting the Quilt), Duluth, MN (2002)
Utah Quilt Guild Annual Meeting, Provo, UT (2001)
BJ’s Quilt Festival, Bend, OR (2001)
Best Sewing, Knoxville, TN (2001)
Patchwork Expo, Strasbourg, FRANCE (2000)
Mid-Appalachian Quilters, Emmitsburg, MD (‘94-2000)
Virginia Consortium of Quilters, VA (1994)(2000)

Trade Show Demos & Lectures
YLI Corporation (Quilt Markets ’99-present)
Martingale & Company (Quilt Market ’99, ’01, & ‘02)
YLI Corporation (Bernina University 2000, 2001 & 2006)
Stamp Affair (ACCI 1996) (HIA 1996) (Quilt Market 1997)

Quilt Shops
Laura’s Sewing & Vacuum, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (2009)
Cottonwood, Charlottesville, NC (2008)
Loving Stitches, Fayetteville, NC (2008)
Accent Sewing, Inc, Murrels Inlet, SC (2008)
Creative Sewing Machine Center, West Columbia, SC (2008)
Bernina Sewing Station, Brentwood, TN (2008)
Klassy Katz, Bartlett, TN (2008)
Pins and Needles, Middleburg Heights, OH (2008)
Robin's Sewing Shoppe, Hoozer, AL (2008)
Quilters Choice, Jupiter, FL (2008)
Quilting Folks, Melbourne, FL (2008)
Sneeds Sewing Center, Charleston, WV (2007)
Chestnut Ridge Sewing, Millersburg, OH (2007)
The Quilt Shop Ltd, Auckland, NZ (2007)
The Apple Basket, Kaiwaka, NZ (2007)
Nancy’s Calico Patch, Newport News, VA (2006)
Cottonwood Fabrics, Charlottesville, VA (2006)
SEW MUCH FUN!, Gastonia, NC (2006)
Lee's Sewing Center, Shelby, NC (2006)
Asheville Cotton, Asheville, NC (2006)
My Quilt Shoppe, Hendersonville, NC (2006)
Super Stitch, North East, PA (2006)
Suze's Stitch'n, Houghton Lakes, MI (2006)
The Quilter's Palette, Fleetwood, PA (2006)
Purrfect Stitches, Kutztown, PA (2006)
Quilters Dream, Edmonton, CANADA (2006)
Material Girl, Grand Island, NE (2006)
Quilting Possibilities, Bayville, NJ (2005)
Quilt Basket Shop, Wappinger Falls, NY (2005)
Thread Play, Denver, CO (2005)
Wheeling Quilt & Embroidery Co., Wheeling, WV (2005)
Quilters Loft, Mooresville, NC (2005)
Quilting Adventures, Richmond, VA (2005 & 2007)
Sew Inspirational, Colorado Springs, CO (2005)
Eddie’s Quilting Bee, Mountain View, CA (2004)
Material Pleasures, Morgan Hill, CA (2004)
Cabrillo Sewing Center, Capitola, CA (2004)
Creative Sewing Center, San Antonio, TX (2002)
Genesee Valley Quilt Club, NY (2001)
Perinton, Quilt Guild, Perinton, NY (2001)
The Cutting Table, Milwaukee, WI (2001)
Sew Diff’rent, Mercerville, NJ (2001)
Lydia’s, Huntsville, AL (2001)
Country Threads, Bath, UK (2000)
Quilters Haven, Suffolk, UK (2000 & 2001 & ’03)
Stitchers Patch, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK (2000, 2001 & 2003)
Country Quilt Shop, Montgomeryville, PA (2000)
Quilters Attic Quilt Shop, Pine Bush, NY (1998-2001)
Fabrics & More, Hawley, PA (1990-1998)
The Rag Shop, Middletown, NY (1993)

Quilt Guilds (from 1992 – present)
Euro-trip (2008) (UK) Region 15E Newcastle, Paisley Patchers, Puddleduck Patch, Northern Ireland Patchwork Guild
Euro-trip (2007) (UK) Mead Quilters & Leominster Quilters
2 ½ week Euro-trip (2004) (UK) Oast Quilters, South West Quilters, Mead Quilters, Cromwell Quilters of Huntingdon, Chaos Conferences
3 week Euro-trip (2003) (UK) Quilters Guild of British Isles Region 1 (London), Chaos Conferences, Aberdeen Patchwork & Quilting Guild
2 week Euro-trip (2002) (SWEDEN) Mias Quiltbod, (DENMARK) Nordsjællands Quiltelaug, & Marienhoffgaarden
3 ½ week Euro-trip (2001) (UK) Mead Quilters, Chaos Conferences, Leicestershire Quilters and Village Quilters
5 ½ week Euro-trip (2000) (UK] Global Warmers, Towcester Regional Day, Connecting Threads, Leicestershire Quilters, Mead Quilters, Chalfont St. Peters Quilters, Wrekin Quilters, & (Cork, IRELAND) Irish Patchwork Society
Cumberland Cove Quilters, Monterey, TN (2010)
Fantastic Quilters, Fairfield Glade, TN (2010)
Ocean Waves Quilt Guild, Lewes, DE (2010)
Village Squares Quilters, Scarsdale, NY (1998 & 2010)
Quilt Guild of Plano, TX (2010)
Homespun Quilt Guild, Waco, TX (2010)
Pocono Mountain Guild, E. Stroudsburg, PA(’92,’94,’01,’02, 09)
Northwest Suburban Quilters Guild, Chicago, IL
(07 & 09)
Mt. Laurel Quilt Guild, Wellsboro, PA (2009)
Los Colcheras Quilt Guild, Las Cruses, NM (2009)
Florida Cabin Fever Quilt Guild in Orlando, FL (2009)
T-Rail Quilt Guild, Danville, PA (2009)
Annapolis Quilt Guild, Annapolis, MD (2008)
Cabin Branch, Woodbridge, VA (2008)
Shenandoah Valley Quilters, Harrisonburg, VA (1995 & 2008)
Brandywine Quilters, Brandywine, PA (2000 & 2008)
Calico Cutters, West Chester, PA (2008)
Undercover Quilters, Brookhaven, PA (2008)
Dekalb County Quilt Guild, Sycamore, IL (2008)
Coastal Quilters Guild in Santa Barbara, CA (2008)
Naples Quilters Guild, Naples, FL (2008 & 2009)
Art Quilters Unlimited, Fort Myers, FL (2008)
East Sunrise Quilt Guild, Pompano Beach, FL (2008)
Calvert County Quilt Guild, Prince Frederick, MD (2007)
League of Northern Colorado Quilting, Fort Collins, CO (2007)
Ladybug Quilters, Newark, DE (1995, 1999 & 2007)
Skyllkill Chapter – EGA, Skyllkill, NY (2007)
Letort Quilters Guild, Carlisle, PA (2007)
Cranberry Quilt Guild, Hazelton, PA (2007)
Charlotte Quilters Guild, Charlotte, NC (2004) (2007)
Common Threads Quilt Guild, Hanford, CA (2007)
Aloha Quilters, Kona, HI (2007)
Maui Quilt Guild, Maui, HI  (2007)
Nite Owl Quilt Guild, Ontario, CA  (2007)
Northwest Suburban Quilters Guild  (2007)
Westfield Quilters' Guild, Lake Erie, (2006)
Naperville Riverwalk Quilt Guild, Naperville, IL (2006)
Bayside Quilters in Easton, MD (2006) 
Crosby Quilt Guild, Crosby, TX (2006)
Kansas Quilters Organiziation, KS (2006)
Quilters Guild of Indianapolis, IN (2006)
Garden State Quilters, NJ (2006)
Common Threads Quilt Guild, Vestal, NY (2006 & 2007)
Georgia Quilt Council, GA (2006)
Stitch In Time Quilt Guild, Hop Bottom, NY (2006)
Yakima Quilt Guild, Yakima, WA (2006)
Wichita Mountain Quilt Guild, Wichita Falls, OK (2006)
Tri-Cities Quilt Guild, Kennewick, WA (2006)
The Crazy Quilters Guild, Allentown, PA (1999) (2005)
Narragansett Bay Quilters, Narragansett, RI (2005)
Arapahoe County Quilters, Denver, CO (2005)
Northern Star Quilters' Guild, Somers, NY (‘96 & ‘05)
Red Rose Quilters, Lancaster, PA (‘95 ‘01 & ‘05)
Milford Valley Quilters, Milford, PA (1990 - 2005)
Friendship Star Quilt Guild, Gaithersburg, MD(1998)(‘04)(‘05)(’06)
Prairie Rose Quilters, Watford City, ND (2005)
Q.U.I.L.T, Delmar, NY (2005)
Evergreen Piecemakers Sping Conference, Kent, WA (2005)
Salt Creek Quilt Guild, Chicago, IL (2005)
Pieces & Patches, Chicago, IL (2005)
Piecing Partners Quilt Guild, Colorado Springs, CO (2005)
Friendship Quilters of San Diego, CA (2005)
Washington State Quilters, Spokane, WA (2005)
Delectable Mountain Quilters, Steamboat Springs, CO (2004)
Prairie Quilt Guild, Wichita, KS (2004)
Empire Quilters, New York City, NY (1998) (2004)
Cabin Fever Quilters, Fairbanks, AK (2004)
Heart of Ohio, Newark, OH (2004)
Love Apple Quilters, Cherry Hill, NJ (1998) (2004)
Orange Grove Quilt Guild, Huntington Beach, CA (2004)
Van Alstyne Quilters Guild, Van Alstyne, TX (2004)
Berry Basket Quilt Guild, Medford, NJ (2004)
Quilters Workshop of Tampa Bay, FL (2004)
Three Rivers Quilt Guild, Pittsburgh, PA (2004)
Charlotte Quilters Guild, Charlotte, NC (2004)
Lemoyne Star Quilt Guild, Elizabethtown, NJ (2004)
PLUS ADDITIONAL GUILDS BACK TO 1990
Moorestown Area Quilters, Moorestown, NJ (1996) (2004)
Warwick Valley Quilters, Warwick, NY (1990) (1998)(2003)
Connecticut Piecemakers, CT (2003 & 2005)
Nutmeg Quilters, Ridgefield, CT (2000) (2003)
Quilt Crafters of NE PA, Chinchilla, PA (2003)
Pennsylvania Quilters, Wilkes Barre, PA (1998)(2003)
Easton Coutourierre Group, Easton, PA (2003)
Orange County Quilters, CA (2003)
Los Angeles County Quilters, CA (2003)
Beach Cities Quilt Guild, CA (2003)
Conejo Valley Quilters, CA (2003)
Quiltessence Quilters of Berks County, PA (2003)
Quilters Unlimited of Northern VA, Chantilly, VA (2003)
New Braunfels Area Quilt Guild, New Braunfels, TX (2003)
Lakeview Quilters Guild, Lakeview, TX (2003)
Quilt Guild of Greater Houston, Houston, TX (2003)
Petaluma Quilt Guild, Petaluma, CA (2003)
Ladies of the Lake, Kelseyville, CA (2003)
North Pittsburgh Quilt Guild, Pittsburgh, PA (2003)
Wiltwick Quilters, Wiltwick, NY (2000 & 2002)
Friendship Quilters of Western Colorado (2002)
Saginaw Piecemakers Quilt Guild, Saginaw, MI (2002)
Charlottesville Quilt Guild, Charlottesville, VA (2002)
Canyon Quilters of San Diego, CA (2002)
Konza Prairie Quilters, Manhatten, KS (2002)
Tug Hill Quilters, Lowville, NY (2002)
North Country Quilt Guild, Watertown, NY (2002)
County Line Quilters Guild, Doylestown, PA (‘95 & ‘02)
Berks Quilters Guild, Reading, PA (1997 & 2002)
Las Colcheras Quilt Guild, Las Cruces, NM (2002)
New Mexico Quilt Guild, NM (2002)
Cracker Quilters of Citrus County, FL (2002)
West Pasco Quilters Guild, FL (2002)
Valley Forge Homestead Quilt Guild, Valley Forge, PA (‘01)
Arlington Chapter of Quilters Unlimited, Arlington,VA (‘01)
Rebecca's Reel Quilters, Middletown, NJ (1995 & 2001)
Keystone Quilters, Quakertown, PA (1996 & 2001)
Log House Quilters Guild, Johnstown, PA (2001)
QUEST Quilters of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR (2001)
Calico Geese, Wartsboro, NY (‘93,’94,’96,’97,’99,’00, 07)
Newtown Quilters Guild, Newtown, PA (1996 & 2000)
Courthouse Quilters, Frenchtown, NJ (2000 & 2004)
Heritage Quilters, Pearl River, NY (1999 & 2000)
Berkshire Quilt Festival, Berkshire, MA (2000)
Molly Pitcher Stitchers, Tennent, NJ (2000)
Evening Star Quilters, Belevedere, NJ (2000)
Towpath Quilters, Manlius, NY (2000)
Colorado Quilting Council, CO (2000)
Dutchess Quilters, Dutchess, NY (2000)
Brownstone Quilters Guild, Wycoff, NJ (2000)
Pioneer Valley Quilters, Agwam, MA (1999)(2000)
Town & Country Quilters, Delhi, NY (1999)
Country Quilters, Pine Bush, NY (1999)
Flying Geese Quilters, Irvine, CA (1999)
Pine Needles Quilt Guild, Wrightwood, CA (1999)
Coastal Quilters, Santa Barbara, CA (1999)
North County Quilters Guild, San Marcos, CA (1999)
Vienna Chapter of Quilters Unlimited, Vienna, VA (1999)
Faithful Circle Quilters, Baltimore, MD (1999)
Enterprise Alabama Quilt Guild, Enterprise, AL (1999)
Montogomery Quilt Guild, Montgomery, AL (1999)
Bernina Club, Doylestown, PA (1999)
Beach Plum Quilters, Toms River, NJ (1998)
Eastern Long Island Quilters, River Head, NY (’98 & ‘99)
Tiadghton Quilt Guild, Williamsport, PA (1998)
4 County Quilters, Fredericksberg, MD (1998)
Friendship Quilters, Orange Park, FL (1997)
Friendship Knot Quilters' Guild, Sarasota, FL (1996)
Piecemakers Quilters, Elmira, NY (1995)
Patches & Pieces Quilt Club, Lynchburg, VA (1995)
York Quilters, York, PA (1995)
Tidewater Quilters, Virginia Beach, VA (1995)
Mountain Laurel Quilters, East Stroudsburg, PA (’94 & ‘95)
The Barn, Dallas, PA (1992)

Other Teaching
Hemlock Farms, Hawley, PA (’91 – ‘95)
Wallenpaupack Elementary School, Hawley, PA (’92,’93,‘97)
Delaware Valley Middle School, Milford, PA (‘92, ’94-96)
Art, Books, Cookies, AAUW (1995)

Awards

IQA (2005)
NJ State Quilt Show (2004)
Vermont Quilt Festival (1992) (2004) (2005) (2006)
Jewel Pearce Patterson Scholarship Award (1998)
NEQA, CT (1998)
Milford Valley Quilt Show, PA (92) (95) (97) (99) (01) (05)
National Quilting Association (1990)
North Pocono Cultural Society, PA (’90, 92, ’93, ‘99)
Three Rivers, PA (1993)
Warwick, NY  (1988) (1990) (1992)

Judging

Pocono Mountain Quilt Guild, East Stroudsburg, PA (1995,'97,'99)
North Pocono Cultural Society, PA (1993)

Publications:

Painted Face for Beginners DVD (2008)
Martha Stewart Living Radio (2007)
Simply Quilts (Fantasy Fabric 2001 AND Portraits 2005)
Portrait Quilts: Painted Faces You Can Do (book 04/05)
Fantasy Floral Quilts (book 11/01, pub. Martingale & Co.)
Fantasy Fabric (book  11/99, pub. Fiber Studios/Martingale & Co.)
Love of Quilting “Art of Quilting - Portrait Quilts” (2/06)
$100,000 Quilting Challenge “Mixed Techniques: A Creative Bag of Tricks” (Premier Issue Winter 2005)
AQS Calender 2005
AQS “Contemplations on Twisted Branches” (Winter ’04)
Popoular Patchwork (UK) “Conversation Piece” 8/04
Quilting Arts Magazine “Making Faces” (Winter ’03)
Magic Patch No.46 (FRENCH)“Portrait” (Winter ’03)
Popular Patchwork (UK) “Fantasy Heart & Flowers” (11/03)
Magic Patch No.14(EUR)“Fantasy Bouquet”& “Oval Wreath” (Fall ’03)
Quilt Magazine “Fantasy Floral Autumn Wreath” (Fall ’03)
McCall’s Quilting “Tea for Two” (8/02)
McCall’s Quilting “Botanical Art” (6/02)
McCall’s Quilting “Faberge in Fabric” (4/02))
Miniature Quilt Ideas, “Fantasy Flowers” (#26-2001)
Excerpts in Dream Jobs To Go! By Kim LaPolla (2001)
Quilt in “Quilting Masterclass” by Katharine Guerrier (‘01)
Excerpts in Martingale & Co. Author Promotional Handbook
International Quilting Times “More Than a Fantasy” (8/00)
Quiltmaker ”Summer in Baltimore” (7/00 & Spring ‘04)
Art Quilt Magazine “Fantasy Fabrics” (3/00)
McCall's Quilting "Fantasy Floral Bouquet" (1/00)
British Patchwork Quilting "Fantasy Fabric with YLI Ribbons & Threads" (3/00 & 4/00)
Quilt World (1/99)"Fantasy Fabric, Thread, Buttons &Beads"
Ladies Cicle Patchwork Quilts (9/98) "Meet the Designer"
Quilter's Newsletter Magazine (7-8/98) "Announcement"
Quilting Today (6/98) "Creative Labels by Computer"
Foundation Piecer (12/97) "Kaleidoscope Ornament"
Country Crafts (6/97) "Shadow Quilt"
Quilter's Gallery (10/95) "Nova Kaleidoscope" & "Add Sparkle with Metallic Ribbons, Braid, & Thread"
Craftworks (Numerous Projects between 3/94 and 6/97)
Quilting International (7/94) "Hand Painted Fabric"
Quilting International (5/94) "Garden Kaleidoscope"
AQS Magazine (1/94) "Creating Kaleidoscope Quilts"
Quilter's Newsletter Magazine (3/93) "Quilt Show"
Quilting International (5/91) Pattern
Quilting International (3/91) Magazine Cover & "How to Mark Your Quilt...Without Marking Your Quilt"               
Quilting International (8/89) Patterns
Quilter's Newsletter Magazine (3/89) Photo

Exhibits

AQS, Paducah, KY (2004)
Quilters Heritage Celebration, Lancaster, PA (2004)
IQA Quilt Show, Houston, TX (2003)
Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza (2003)
Encrustations, Cary, NC (2002)
Jewel Pearce Patterson Scholarship Exhibit, Houston,TX (‘99)
Contemporary Expressions,  Williamsport, PA (1997)
SOLO EXHIBIT Sussex County Comunity College (1996)
SOLO EXHIBIT  Gingerbread Gallery, Hawley, PA   (‘94) 
Gingerbread Gallery, Hawley, PA (1995)
SOLO EXHIBIT Dorflinger Glass Museum, White Mills, PA  (1993)
Flight of the Imagination, Ephrata, PA (1992)
Quilts = Art = Quilts, Auburn, NY (1991) (1992)
Labor of Love, Houston, TX (1991)
Hoffman 1990 Challenge Exhibit (1990) (1993)
Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival II, Williamsburg, VA(’91&‘ 93)
Quilters Heritage Celebration, Lancaster, PA (‘90 – ‘93)

Education:       

Bernina National Teachers Retreat education on the Bernina Embroidery unit. Various quilt related workshops Libby Lehman, Yvonne Porcella, Judy Dales, Judi Warren, Paula Nadelstern, Richard Zimmerman, Mary Coyne Penders, Virginia Avery, Ellen Anne Eddie and Michael James.  Graduate of  Howell High School, Howell, New Jersey. Attended Sussex Community College for Graphic Arts.

Private Collections