Echinacea
This series started with a walk through my garden.
I was finishing up pieces for a solo show
at the Virginia Quilt Museum
and I needed to fill a big space.
The form of the echinacea standing tall throughout my yard said ‘Make Me!’.
Now I can’t stop. Each is set on a concrete form decorated to match the flower.
Echinacea paradoxa VI: Kismet Yellow
UNcommon Threads
2025
MartinArts Courthouse Cultural Center
Stuart, Florida
Art Association of Harrisburg 97th Juried Exhibition
2025
First Place Other Materials
Art Association of Harrisburg
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Fiberarts Guild of Pittsburgh Juried Exhibition
2024
Erie Art Museum Customs House Gallery
Erie, Pennsylvania
Adams County Arts Council 19th Annual Juried Exhibition
2023
Schmucker Art Gallery, Gettysburg College
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Fiber Options 2022
Maryland Federation of Art
Annapolis, Maryland
Going for the Gold
2022 Member Show
Carlisle Learning Arts Center
Carlisle, Pennsylvania
Method:
Machine quilted, machine raw-edge appliqued, machine thread painted, hand & machine constructed
Materials:
Cotton & polyester textiles, aluminum wire, polyester stuffing
Echinacea purpurea VII: Pixie Meadowbrite
Fiber Options 2024
July 31 – August 24, 2024
Maryland Federation of Art
Circle Gallery
Annapolis, Maryland
No Boundaries
2023
Virginia Quilt Museum
Harrisonburg, Virginia
Soft Associations
2023
Ned Smith Center for Nature and Art
Millersburg, Pennsylvania
Method:
Machine quilted, machine raw-edge appliqued, machine thread painted, hand & machine constructed
Materials:
Cotton & polyester textiles, aluminum wire, polyester stuffing
Echinacea purpurea XI: Silver on my Mother-in-law’s tablecloth
I use many reclaimed textiles in my work. The petals for this piece are made from a tablecloth from my Mother-in-law. It was well-used and had faded to a soft patina. Lined with batting and heavily machine-quilted with a center wire for shape. The seeds are made from tight weave Dutch wax prints, stuffed hard and hand-sewn together
20th Anniversary of the Adams County Arts Council
Juried Art Exhibition
2025
-Best of Show-
June 1 – 21, 2024
Adams County Arts Council
at Schmucker Art Gallery
Gettysburg College
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
New Appalachia
2025
Stifel Fine Arts Center - Oglebay Institute
Wheeling, West Virginia
Method:
Machine quilted, machine quilted , hand & machine constructed
Materials:
cotton & other textiles, aluminum wire, polyester stuffing, cotton batting, thread.
Echinacea purpurea XII: Industria
AI: Artistic Interpretations
SAQA Global Exhibition
2026-2029
Exhibition Opens at Louisiana State University Museum of Art, Baton Rouge, Louisiana: February 5 - May 10, 2026
EIP 2024
International Exhibition in Print:
Embrace the Unexpected
October 2024
Surface Design Journal
https://www.surfacedesign.org/
International Fiber Show XII
2025
Gallery at Delaware County Community College
Media, Pennsylvania
Fantastic Fibers
2025
Yeiser Art Center
Paducah Kentucky
215/610 Contemporary Juried Exhibition
2024
Gallery at Delaware County Community College
Media, Pennsylvania
Method:
Machine quilted, machine quilted , hand & machine constructed
Materials:
cotton & other textiles, aluminum wire, polyester stuffing, cotton batting, thread.
Rudbeckia hirta On the Way to the Emerald City
SHAPESHIFTERS
2024 Summer Radius Exhibition
JUNE 7 - AUGUST 25, 2024
Delaware Contemporary
200 South Madison Street
Wilmington, Delaware
https://www.decontemporary.org/
Prism
2024 Juried Show
the Mansion at the Strathmore
Bethesda Maryland
Green Energy
2023 Member Show
Carlisle Learning Arts Center
Carlisle, Pennsylvania
Silver Screen
2022 Member Show
Art Association of Harrisburg
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Method:
Machine quilted, machine raw-edge appliqued, machine thread painted, hand & machine constructed
Materials:
Cotton & polyester textiles, aluminum wire, polyester stuffing
OFF the WALL
July 12 – August 15, 2024
Maryland Federation of Art
at Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts Annapolis, Maryland
Echinacea purpurea IX: Ifigenia
Method:
Machine quilted, machine quilted , hand & machine constructed
Materials:
cotton & other textiles, aluminum wire, polyester stuffing, cotton batting, thread.
Echinacea purpurea I
Echinacea purpurea II
SOLD
Juried Art Exhibition Adams County Arts Council 2022
Schmucker Art Gallery, Gettysburg College
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
100 Miles 2023
Penn College Art Gallery, Penn College
Williamsport, Pennsylvania
PLAY
2023 Juried Show
the Mansion at the Strathmore
Bethesda Maryland
Echinacea purpurea III
Method:
Machine quilted, machine raw-edge appliqued, machine thread painted, hand & machine constructed
Materials:
Cotton textiles, aluminum wire, polyester stuffing
