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About me

I quilt because I have an ongoing love affair with fabric. After a failed attempt at a theatre costuming degree, my profession is in the comic book industry. I will always have that love affair with fabric and quilting has given me the opportunity to continue to sew.

After beginning with traditional patterns, I now work with original and contemporary designs for my art quilts. I use electronic components, as well as fusibles, yarns, jewels, and various other media to embellish my work. My quilts are all pieced, appliqued, and quilted by machine. My themes and subjects vary, from simple shapes, abstracts, to realistic interpretations of still lifes and portraits. My work is small, often under 6 inches sqaure, and I have traded baseball-card sized works around the world via the internet since 2006.

I am influenced by my other hobbies and interests, including comics books, science fiction, Japanese manga, anime and culture, and cute iconography, such as Hello Kitty and Pucca. Currently, I am working on my weekly series in 2011, as well as projects using etextiles and smart textiles. I am currently fascinated by the intersection of technology and fabrics. You can buy my work and e-textile supplies on my Shop page .

Affiliations
Studio Art Quilt Associates
Professional Art Quilt Alliance
Riverwalk Quilter's Guild
Quilting Arts Online
Fiber Art Divas
Baltimore Heritage Quilt Guild
ATCSforAll.com

Publications
Quilting Arts - Issue #48 - Dec 2010/Jan 2011 - pg 42-43 "Light Up Your Art Quilts" Using LEDs in your project
Quilting Arts In Stitches - Vol 5 - "You Stitched What?: Light Up Your Quilts" Make your quilts glow with EL wire

Television
Quilting Arts TV - Series 800 - Episode 811 - "Quilts Gone Wild" - Light up quilt segment

Press
Quilting Arts - Issue #51 - Jun /Jul 2011 - pg 2
Generation Q Magazine - Illuminate your Quilting
The Guardian UK - Cross switch: Stitching gets technical
Mr XStitch - Beefranck's Emporium - Cheryl Sleboda
Craftzine.com - Best of 2011 - Quilting
Grand Junction, CO Daily Sentinel - Nov 21, 2011 - Diodes, conductive thread illuminate textiles
Newport, RI Mercury Magazine -May 9, 2012- Technical meets spectacle

Current Shows
May 5 - June 3, 2012 - TechnoCraft: Where High Tech Meets Hand Made - Jamestown Art Center - Jamestown, RI
April 13-15 , 2012 - Tactile Architecture - International Quilt Festival - Cincinnati, OH
July 27-29, 2012 - Tactile Architecture - International Quilt Festival - Long Beach, CA

Teaching Experience

November 2011 - Make It University - International Quilt Festival - Houston, TX
March 2012 - Fiber Art Divas - Naperville, IL

Past Shows
1999 Patches and Posies Baltimore, MD
2001 Timeless Treasures Baltimore, MD
2003 Quilt Expo 2003 Balitmore, MD
2005 International Quilt Festival, Quilting Arts LLC Booth Chicago, IL
2005 Quilt Expo 2005 Baltimore, MD
2006 House of Cards II Columbus, OH
2006 International Quilt Festival, Quilting Arts LLC Booth Chicago, IL
2007 Quilt Expo 2007 Pikesville, MD
2008 Naperville Art League - "Close Up" Exhibition- Naperville, IL
January 2009- Cyber Fyber Exibition - Gallery 80808 / Vista Studios - Columbia, SC
May 2009- Naperville Art League- Naperville, IL
September 2009- Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza XVI- Philadelphia, PA -"Best Amateur Quilt-Innovative Category"
July 2010- AQS Quilt Show & Contest- Knoxville, TN
October 2010 - Fiber Divas Gallery Show - Naperville Art League - Naperville, IL
October 2011 - Fiber Divas Gallery Show - Naperville Art League - Naperville, IL
October 22 - November 23, 2011 - PowerSuit Exhibit - Artistic Artifacts - Alexandria, VA
November 2011 - Tactile Architecture - International Quilt Festival - Houston, TX
November 1- January 23, 2012 - Stitched Together, Art and Science - Fermilab - Batavia, IL
March 14-17, 2012 - PowerSuit Exhibit - Lancaster Spring Quilt Show - Lancaster, PA

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