A little about me:

Born and raised in Hawaii, I have a love of color. My passion began in 2012 with the purchase of my first machine for $30 at Walmart. I made my infant son a little crooked quilt for his room and realized that I LOVE quilting. After a year or two of quilting I realized I couldn’t quite find the right pattern. So I started designing my own quilt patterns. It gave me such a thrill to see the quilt come together. Then one day a friend told me about quilt shows. What?? You can compete your quilts? How awesome. So I did some research and entered my first quilt show. It was the 2016 Black, White, and one other challenge from Quilt Expo. I was so shocked and pleased to get into the show. It really inspired me to compete and push my quilting.

My quilts are very much inspired by my experiences and a love of color my mother encouraged in me. Being a Navy wife, I was given the experiences of a lifetime. I went to live in new places, experienced new cultures, and visited many different countries. All this has influenced my quilting. The bright colors and stark lines is my signature look.

Awards:

2022

-Inclusion in the QuiltArt Calendar 2023 released in 2022

-Semi Finalist in AQS Daytona Beach Quilt Show 2023

2021

-Best Movable Machine Quilting in the Mid Atlantic Quilt Show 2021

-Front Cover of QuiltArt Calendar 2022 released in 2021

-Semi Finalist in the International Quilt Festival in Houston 2021

2020

-First and Third place award in the Kitsap Quilters Guild 2020

- Designed the Kitsap Quilter’s Guild Raffle Quilt

-Semi Finalist in the AQS Paducah Quilt Show 2020

-Semi Finalist in the Road to California 2020

-Semi Finalist in the Virtual Quilt Show Online 2020

2019

-Semi Finalist in the AQS Charleston Quilt Show 2019

-Semi Finalist in the Quilt Expo 2019

-Best Machine Quilting and Honorable mention awards in the Kitsap Quilters Guild show 2019

2018

-Semi Finalist in the Quilt Expo 2018

-Semi Finalist in The Road To California 2018

-Semi Finalist in Grand Rapids AQS quilt show 2018

-2nd place, Best Stationary machine quilting, and Judges Choice award in the Sand Diego Quilt Show 2018

2017

-Best Stationary Machine Quilting in the 2017 San Diego Quilt Show

-Semi Finalist in the Road to California 2017

2016

-Semi Finalist in the 2016 Black,White, and one Other challenge at the Quilt Expo