PUBLISHED
Reborn quilt included in The Cherrywood Challenge 2023 book and poster, Monarch.
Blue Ridge – Outback the Shenandoah quilt included in Clarke’s Great Outdoors book, launched October 5th, 2018 with a book signing and art show at The Barns of Rose Hill. Sales of the book benefit The Piedmont Environmental Council, a Virginia organization devoted to promoting and protecting the Piedmont area’s rural economy, natural resources, history, and beauty. Clarke’s Great Outdoors book is a collection of photos, artwork, and writing from more than 80 artists inspired by nature in Clarke County, VA.
I Spy – Family Traditions article in November 2017 issue of American Quilter magazine, featuring I Spy With My Little Eye quilt.
Visions of Vincent quilt included in The Cherrywood Challenge 2016 book and poster, The Van Gogh.
Lion King – Circle of Life quilt included in The Cherrywood Challenge 2016 book, Lion King.
JURIED CHALLENGES
Quilt: “C”entennial Sea, selected as one of the Hoffman 100th Anniversary Challenge quilts.
11/20/2023 Today, I got the good news… Jean, curator of the Hoffman 100 Year Challenge, wrote to say, “I am thrilled to inform you that your submission has been chosen by our esteemed judges to be featured in our upcoming traveling show for the year 2024. This year has been particularly captivating with an abundance of exceptional entries, making this the largest traveling exhibit in the last ten years.
Your unique artwork will play a significant role in shaping this extraordinary showcase!
As we embark on the next phase, we will carefully curate your piece as part of a captivating 20-piece collection that will journey across the country, making appearances at various guilds and shows. The Road to California Show in Ontario, CA, scheduled for January 17-20, 2024, plans to showcase the complete collection.”
Quilt: Reborn, selected as one of the the 225 finalists included in the Cherrywood Hand-Dyed Fabrics 2023 Monarch Challenge. Finalist quilts published in a commemorative Monarch book and featured on a poster of the exhibit. Reborn will make its debut at the Quilt Festival in Houston, TX in November 2023, and then travel throughout the United States in 2024 with the Caterpillar Collection.
This is your link for more information: Reborn.
Quilt: Visions of Vincent, selected as one of the 120 finalists included in the Cherrywood Hand-Dyed Fabrics 2017 Van Gogh Challenge, French Gallery. Finalist quilts published in a commemorative Van Gogh book and featured on a poster of the exhibit. As a group, The French Gallery collection of Van Gogh quilts travel for over a year, and exhibit at quilt shows in the United States and internationally.
This is your link for more information: Visions of Vincent.
Quilt: I AM An Artisan, one of 14 selected for inclusion in Kaffe Fassett’s 2017 I Am An Artisan Challenge exhibit.
This is your link for more information: I AM An Artisan.
*Additionally, this quilt hung with this exhibit at the National Quilt Museum, in Paducah, Ky from September 1-30, 2018, and was juried into the AQS Quilt Week in Virginia Beach, Virginia from October 3-6th, 2018.
Quilt: Lion King – Circle of Life, selected as one of 138 finalists in Cherrywood Hand-Dyed Fabrics 2016 Lion King Challenge and “Cherrywood’s Choice Lion King Quilt”. Finalist quilts published in a commemorative Lion King book.
This is your link for more information: Lion King – Circle of Life.
JURIED EXHIBITIONS
Quilt: Autumn Song, selected for inclusion in ShenArts Members “Song for Autumn” Exhibition along with an accompanying Haiku poem written for the occasion and will hang together in the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley found at 901 Amherst Street in Winchester, VA from September 10th through November 10th, 2024.
This exhibition was inspired by Mary Oliver’s poetry. Through visual art and poetry, this exhibition seeks to capture the essence of the season.
Quilts: Perspective and On Eagles Wings were selected by the Beckley Art Center (Beckley, WV) for inclusion in their 2023 Juried Art Exhibition from June 16th through July 22nd, 2023.
Quilts: Van Gogh Fractured, Fractured Floral #13, and Pops of Paradise were selected by the Beckley Art Center (Beckley, WV) for inclusion in their Les Fleurs Exhibition from May 5th through June 10th, 2023.
Quilts: Currents, Breath of Fresh Air 2, and Perspectives selected by the Barns of Rose Hill for their Art Exhibition in celebration of Berryville, Virginia’s 225th Anniversary, from April 1-19, 2023. Perspectives earned 3rd place in the Adult 3D Category.
Quilt: Wonder, selected by ShenArts for inclusion in the Visionaries Exhibition held in the Museum of the Shenandoah from October 18, 2022 through January 15th, 2023. Visionaries is a collection of works by member artists who, informed by both the past and present, turn their imagination toward the possibilities of the future.
Quilt: Fractured Floral #3, selected by the Old Town Development Board and the Shenandoah Arts Council jury for the 2016 Artscape Banner Project in Old Town Winchester, VA and hung in the Museum of the Shenandoah’s Art in the Halls Artscape Originals Exhibition from April 19 through July 17th 2016. Sponsored by Lord Fairfax Community College, this quilt’s banner hung at the north end of Winchester’s Old Town Walking Mall from April 2016 through April 2017.
This is your link for more information: 2016 ArtScape Banner Quilt.
JUDGED SHOWS
AQS Quilt Week
Grand Rapids, MI 9/2023
Whelk at Water’s Edge – one of the eight quilts in Reston Quilter’s Unlimited Spiral Mania Challenge selected as finalists in the Ultimate Guild Challenge
VIRGINIA QUILT SHOW at the STATE FAIR
Doswell, Virginia
2019 Quilts:
Twin Sturbridge Peaks – Domestic Machine Pieced & Longarm Quilted category 6003 – 1st Place/Blue Ribbon AND Best in Show AND 1st Place Longarm Quilting Ribbon in this Longarm Quilting Category
Birds of a Purple Feather Flock Together… Tweet, Tweet, Tweet – Crib or other small bed quilt category 6009 – 2nd Place/Red Ribbon and 2nd Place Longarm Quilting Ribbon in this category
Jerry’s Quilt – Quilt Fashioned from Used Clothing category 6011 – 2nd Place/Red Ribbon and 2nd Place Ribbon in Longarm Quilting Ribbon in this category
Modern Grandmother’s Flower Garden Tablerunner – English Paper Pieced category 6017 – 2nd Place/Red Ribbon
Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue – Special Occasion category 6013 – 2nd Place/Red Ribbon
Honu and Poipu – Appliqued by Machine category 6006 – 2nd Place/Red Ribbon
My NQM-BOM Sampler – Kit/BOM category 6011 – 3rd Place/White Ribbon and 3rd Place Longarm Quilting Ribbon in this category
Miniature Friendship Star – Domestic Machine Pieced & Quilted category 6002 – Honorable Mention
Koi Uncorked – Wall Hanging or Art Quilt category 6008 – Honorable Mention
Kaleidoscoped Tree of Life – Mixed Techniques category 6007
2018 Quilts:
Window to the Sea – Domestic Machine Pieced & Quilted category 6002
Double Diamond Table Runner – Mixed Technique category 6007 – 2nd Place/Red Ribbon
Lighting the Way Home – Wall/Art category 6008
Four Inch Five Squared – Kit/BOM category 6011 – 1st Place/Blue Ribbon
Women of my Life – Special Occasion or Holiday category 6013 – 1st Place/Blue Ribbon
Sunflower Barn Quilt – Barn Quilt category 6014
Because of the Brave – Quilts of Valor category 6015 – 1st Place/Blue Ribbon
Dogwood Medallion – Virginia Quilt category 6016 – 1st Place/Blue Ribbon
JURIED and JUDGED SHOWS
Mancuso – Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival, Hampton, Virginia, February 2023
Quilt Accepted:
Quilter in Gold
The Great Wisconsin Quilt Show – Madison, WI September, 2022
Quilt Accepted:
Autumn’s Song
American Quilters Society – AQS Quilt Week, Virginia Beach, VA, October 2018
Virginia Beach, Virginia
Quilts Accepted:
I AM An Artisan – Semi-Finalist
Kaleidoscoped Tree of Life – Semi-Finalist
Mancuso – Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival, Hampton, Virginia, February 2017
Hampton, Virginia
Quilts Accepted:
Lighting the Way Home
Van Gogh Irises Fractured
Mancuso – Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival, Hampton, Virginia, February 2010
Hampton, Virginia
Quilts Accepted:
Kootenay Gold
Hiding in Plain Sight
INVITATIONAL SOLO-ARTIST SHOW
At the invitation of The Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, the following pieces comprised an Art in the Halls, Solo-Artist Show running from October 18th, 2016 through January 22nd, 2017. To see the quilts in this show, click here.
A See of Three
Amanda’s Bouquet
Fern Grotto – Wailua River Falls, Hawaii – Kayaking Kauai
Fractured Floral #8
Fractured Floral #9
Giverney Clos Normand
Hiding in Plain Sight
Lighting the Way Home
Near a Railroad Crossing
Ocean City Bloom
Path to Escargot
Shuffling Hexagons
Tucson Wildflower
View from a Pew
Winchester’s War
OPEN SHOWS
Quilter’s Unlimited Quilt Show
Dulles Expo Center, Chantilly, Va
Since 1973, Quilter’s Unlimited quilt groups have held an annual Quilt Show in the Northern Virginia area.
2023 Virtual (50th Annual) Quilt Exhibit Quilts:
Quilter in Gold
Whelk at Water’s Edge
Self Portrait
Wonder
Perspectives
His Promise
2022 (49th Annual Quilt Show) Quilts:
[Again, due to Covid-19, this virtual show can only be found exhibited on QU’s website.]
And the Choice is Bright and Bold
Autumn’s Song
Botanical Sunshine
Currents
Emily’s Clementine
Glassy Sea
2021 (48th Annual Quilt Show) Quilts:
[Again, due to Covid-19, this year’s show was “virtual”. Quilts were on exhibit only on the QU website.]
Bloom Wherever You are Planted
Ties That Bind
Sunrise, Sunset
Drunk on Color
True North Star
2020 (47th Annual Quilt Show) Quilts:
[Due to Covid-19 stay-at-home orders, this year’s show went “virtual”.]
Twin Sturbridge Peaks
My NQM-BOM Sampler
Through the Looking Glass
The Country Quilter
Whimsically Bohemian
2019 (46th Annual Quilt Show) Quilts:
Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue
Pohile Beach Sunset
Friendship Star
Four-Inch Five-Squared
2018 (45th Annual Quilt Show) Quilts:
Lion King – Circle of Life
I AM an Artisan
Kaleidoscoped Tree of Life
Fractured Floral #12
2017 (44th Annual Quilt Show) Quilts:
Lighting the Way Home
Van Gogh Irises Fractured
Dogwood Medallion
Window to the Sea
2015 (42nd Annual Quilt Show) Quilts:
Because of the Brave
Fern Grotto – Wailua River Falls, Hawaii – Kayaking Kauai
Fun in the Sun
Retail Therapy
2014 (41st Annual Quilt Show) Quilts:
True Blue at Heart
Fractured Floral 1
Fractured Floral 5
The Civil War Remembered, in Honor of the 150th Anniversary
2013 (40th Anniversary Show) Quilts:
A House Divided No More
A Quilt of Many Colors
Scrappy Kaffe
Four Squares
Northern Shenandoah Valley Quilt Show
Berryville, VA
Ribbons awarded on the basis of “Viewer’s Choice” votes cast throughout the show.
2024 Quilts:
Quilter in Gold – General Category
Drunk on Color – General Category
Mystery No More – General Category
Wonder – General Category
Moody Blue Laments – Nights in White Satin – AVNT ‘Harmony of Color’ Challenge Category – voted 3rd Place by Viewer’s
2022 Quilts:
Autumn’s Song – General Category
Currents – General Category
Bloom Wherever You Are Planted – AVNT Show Challenge
Botanical Sunshine – Show Challenge – Grow Me A Garden
Emily’s Clementine – Show Challenge – Grow Me A Garden – Tied for 1st Place by Viewer’s vote
2019 Quilts:
“Honu” and Poipu – Show Challenge – All Creatures Great and Small theme
Easter Morn… He is Risen – AVNT Club Challenge
Birds, Braids, and Butterflies – General Category
Birds of a Purple Feather Flock Together… Tweet, Tweet, Tweet – General Category
Window to the Sea – General Category
2015 Quilts:
Fern Grotto – Wailua River Falls, Hawaii – Kayaking Kauai – Show Challenge Category – Viewer’s Choice 1st Place in Batiks, Batiks, Batiks, Show Challenge Category
Fractured Floral #9 – Art Quilt category – Viewer’s Choice 1st Place in Art Quilt Category
“I-Spy” with My Little Eye – Baby Quilt Category – Viewer’s Choice 1st Place in Baby Quilt Category
Shuffling Hexagons – Modern Quilt Category – Viewer’s Choice 2nd Place in Modern Quilt Category
Simply Delicious! 15 Flavors of Dupiono Silk Sherbet – Lap Quilt category
T.O.M. – A Colorful Year (A Technique Teaching Quilt) – Other Category – Viewer’s Choice 3rd Place in “Other” Category
True Blue at Heart – Wall Quilt category
2013 Quilts:
A House Divided No More – Show Challenge
Winchester’s War – Miniature Quilt Category – Viewer’s Choice Award 1st Place in Miniature Quilt Category
Civil War Remembrances – Bed Quilt Category
Near A Railroad Crossing Table Runner – Other Category – Viewer’s Choice Award 3rd Place in Other Category
Near a Railroad Crossing (2) – Lap Quilt Category
Suffrage in 48 – Wall Quilt Category
One That Got Away – Wall Quilt Category
2011 Quilts:
Feathers Fall as Geese Fly Free Over the Homestead – 3rd Place in Log Cabin Show Challenge Category
A See of Three – Viewers’ Choice Award 1st Place in Shenandoah Piecemakers Challenge Category
Giverny’s Clos Normand
Kaleidoscope Wave
Hiding in Plain Sight
Tucsan Wildflowers
Dogwood Blossom
2009 Quilts:
Alaskan Burrito
Birds, Blooms, and Butterflies – Viewer’s Choice 1st Place – Shenandoah Piecemakers Challenge Category
Amanda’s Bouquet
Paper Pieced Tulips
Stamp Basket
2008 Quilts:
Hearts
Preoccupation
Bunnies
Hearts and Arrows
AMERICAN QUILTERS SOCIETY (Virtual) WORLDWIDE QUILT PARADE
2024
Showcasing three of myrecently completed favorite original quilts, including:
Moody Blue Lament – Nights in White Satin
Reborn
“C”entennial Sea
2023
Showcasing three of my recently completed favorite original quilts, including:
Quilter in Gold (Voted Virginia’s Most Popular Quilt by online viewers)
Whelk at Water’s Edge
Self Portrait
2022
Showcasing some of my favorite original quilts (old & new), including:
A See of Three
Lion King – Circle of Life
Visions of Vincent
I AM An Artisan
Lighting the Way Home
True Blue at Heart
Dogwood Medallion
Currents
Perspective
Wonder
2021
Featuring quilts created since the start of the Covid 19 pandemic.
Mine included:
A Quilt of Many Colors
Autumn’s Song
Bloom Wherever You Are Planted
Cubemagnetism
Drunk on Color
Koi at Play in Escher’s Pond
Mimi’s Flower Garden
Mimi’s Garden – Where Flowers Dance in the Light of the Silvery Moon
Robbing Peter Paying Paul Scrappy Blues
Threads That Bind
When A Plan Comes Together It’s A Heavenly Rush
INVITATIONAL & GROUP EXHIBITIONS
ShenArts Members ‘Opposites Attract’ Show at the Barns of Rose Hill, Berryville, VA – June 1st – July 28th, 2023
Quilt:
Opposites Attract
Quilter in Gold
Quilter’s Unlimited 50th Anniversary Quilt Exhibit at the McLean Textile Gallery in McLean, VA April 6th through May 18th, 2023.
Quilt:
Quilter in Gold
Featured Artist in Soulshine Medicine, Berryville, VA during the month of February 2023
Quilts:
Sunrise or Sunset
A Red River Runs Through It
Fortune Cookie 2012
Botanical Sunshine
Bargello Dahlia
Koi at Play in Escher’s Pond
Song of the Sea
True North Star
Pretty in Teal
Because…
The Long and Winding Road
Perspectives
Thoroughly Modern Mini
Wood Turned Vases
Chianti for Two
Time in a Bottle
My Memorial Day Quilts were on exhibit with the other 45 Memorial Day Challenge quilts in the Memorial Day Memories exhibit at the McLean Textile Gallery in McLean, VA from September 13th through October 20th, 2022.
Quilts:
WWI – Doughboys in the Trenches
WWII – The Survival War
The Korean War – A Frozen Conflict
The Vietnam War – The War Politicians Abandoned
The War on Terror – A Resilient Nation Comes Together
ShenArts Members Show at the Barns of Rose Hill, Berryville, VA – July 5-23, 2022
Quilt:
Cubemagnetism
My Memorial Day Quilts (exhibited as a group of 5) were on exhibit with the other 45 Memorial Day Challenge quilts in the Memorial Day Memories exhibit at the Barns of Rose Hill in Berryville, VA from April 28th through June 2nd, 2022.
Quilts:
WWI – Doughboys in the Trenches
WWII – The Survival War
The Korean War – A Frozen Conflict
The Vietnam War – The War Politicians Abandoned
The War on Terror – A Resilient Nation Comes Together
Loudoun Heritage Farm Museum Quilt Exhibit
Loudoun Heritage Farm Museum at Claude Moore Park in Sterling, VA
October 19 through November 16, 2019
Quilts:
Scrappy Kaffe
Fractured Floral #13
Thoroughly Modern Mini
Returning Home
Chicken Momma
Hickman Hens
Friendship Star
1930’s Swing
and a one of a set of four “Farm Fresh” Placemats
Viva La Difference – Celebrating All Quilters and Quilt Styles (AVNT) exhibit
At the Virginia Quilt Museum in Harrisonburg, VA – September 18th through December 15th, 2018
Quilt:
Lion King – Circle of Life
Kaffe Fassett’s I Am An Artisan Exhibit at the National Quilt Museum in Paducah, KY – September 1-30, 2018
Quilt:
I AM An Artisan
Shenandoah Arts Council’s “Home for the Holidays” Handmade Exhibit – December 2016
Quilts:
Vintage Christmas …and the greatest of these is Love – quilt
Fruits of the Forest – quilted place mats
Puttin’ on the Glitz – quilted table runner
Bobbles – quilted table runner
Stained Glass Poinsettia – quilted table runner
Formal – quilted table runner
Christmas – quilted table runner
Barns of Rose Hill, Quilts and their Stories – February 15th – March 15th, 2015 Berryville, Virginia
Quilts:
A Family Tree for the Drake’s 60th Wedding Anniversary
A Long Winter for Neighbors & Friends
Hickman Hens
True Blue at Heart
Winchester’s War
Barns of Rose Hill, Farm to Fair Exhibit – Fall 2012
Berryville, Virginia
Quilts:
One That Got Away
Amanda’s Bouquet
Fun in the Sun
Barns of Rose Hill, Fiber Arts Festival – Fall 2011
Berryville, Virginia
Quilts:
Thanks-giving for Abundance
My Garden Trellis
An Apple A Day (2)
VIRGINIA STATE FAIR
Richmond, Virginia
2009 Quilts:
Alaskan Burrito
Birds, Blooms, and Butterflies
CLARKE COUNTY FAIR
Berryville, Virginia
2012 Quilts:
A See of Three
Tuscon Wildflower
Suffrage in 48
Ocean City Bloom
Tide Pool Placemats
Awards:
Each one of the five quilts submitted in the 2012 Clarke County Fair earned a 1st Place Blue Ribbon.
2009 Quilts:
Amanda’s Bouquet – Awarded 1st PLace Blue Ribbon & Best in Show
Birds, Blooms, and Butterflies
Other Awards and Recognition
Quilt: Because of the Brave, local (The Scrappy Apple Quilts & More Shop) Viewer’s Choice Winner of the Moda 2015 Piece & Comfort Challenge, went on to compete in Moda’s National Challenge.
Quilt: Freedom Forever, 2012 Apple Valley Needle Threaders Charity Quilt Challenge, 2nd Place Award and Cash Prize.