Stitching stories of beauty, loss, and resilience.

A few weeks before my 40th birthday,
I burned it all down.

After nearly two decades climbing the corporate ladder, I left behind the titles, the salary, and the well-defined career track. What I found waiting for me was not a plan, but a question: What now?

The answer came from an unexpected place—my daughter’s preschool art projects. I watched her mix colors with her hands, experiment with materials, and create with unfiltered joy. Her play reminded me of what I had lost along the way: a natural sense of wonder, curiosity, and freedom in making.

I returned to my first creative love—textiles. For 25 years, I have been a quilter and fiber artist, creating pieces that range from quiet meditations on nature to bold statements about social justice.

Fabric became my way of asking questions, exploring ideas, and telling stories.

In my Botanica series, I transform my own digital photographs—close-ups of flowers and natural details—into fabric prints, adding intricate threadwork that echoes vein, petal, and stem. In Botanica 2, I collaborate with light itself, creating cyanotype prints on cloth that are then layered and deepened through quilting.

Other works carry heavier weight: memorial quilts honoring victims of gun violence, and art that speaks against racism, sexism, and xenophobia. These pieces hold both sorrow and resilience, stitched into form.

Fiber art is where I found myself again.

It is where my restless energy transforms into beauty, meaning, and truth.