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Driven by a life-long love of working with fiber, my work evolved from making garments at age 8 to quilt
making starting about 15 years ago. I soon left traditional quilting constraints behind and began exploring
more contemporary construction and design concepts
Inspiration for my work often comes from my experiences living in the Middle East most of my adult life or
my love of music. Many are made with free cut curves and either machine pieced or raw edge appliqué.
Adding more color and texture with threads and free motion machine quilting is my favorite step.
I enjoy making my own fabrics through different hand-dyeing or painting techniques and printing photos or
photo manipulations directly onto fabric.
EXHIBITIONS:
Juried:
2002: “Bamboo Moon”, International Quilt Festival - IQA “A World of Beauty” - Houston, TX
2001: “March Madness”, International Quilt Festival - IQA “A World of Beauty” - Houston, TX
”Mountains High”, International Quilt Festival - IQA “A World of Beauty” - Houston, TX
2003: “March Madness”, Pacific International Quilt Festival, Santa Clara, CA
2003 “House With Four Rooms”, Pacific International Quilt Festival, Santa Clara, CA,
2003 “Coastline,” - IQA Show, International Quilt Festival - “A World of Beauty” - Houston,
2007 “Eye of the Storm”, Creative Quilting Book Exhibit- International Quilt Festival, Houston
2008 "Self”, Unified Threads: Beyond the Borders, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX
2010 “Speaking in Color”, High Fiber @The Arts Alliance of Clear Lake, Nassau Bay, TX – Juror’s Award
Invitational:
2006: ”Texas Invitational Art Quilt Show”, Kerr Arts & Cultural Center, Kerrville, TX
2007 & 2008: “Beyond the Borders” at Copper Shade Tree Gallery, Round Top, TX
2012: "The Art in Fiber 2012", Copper Shade Tree Gallery, Round Top, TX
PUBLICATIONS:
Journal quilt, “Eye of the Storm” was included in the book Creative Quilting, edited by Karey Bresenhan,
published by;Quilting Arts, 2007.
Al-Ayyam-Al-Jamilah, Aramco Services Co., Houston, TX, Spring 2008
“Coastline”, Lone Stars III – Texas Quilts Today, edited by Karey Bresenhan, 2011
ORGANIZATIONS:
Houston Area Fiber Artists
Studio Art Quilters Association.
making starting about 15 years ago. I soon left traditional quilting constraints behind and began exploring
more contemporary construction and design concepts
Inspiration for my work often comes from my experiences living in the Middle East most of my adult life or
my love of music. Many are made with free cut curves and either machine pieced or raw edge appliqué.
Adding more color and texture with threads and free motion machine quilting is my favorite step.
I enjoy making my own fabrics through different hand-dyeing or painting techniques and printing photos or
photo manipulations directly onto fabric.
EXHIBITIONS:
Juried:
2002: “Bamboo Moon”, International Quilt Festival - IQA “A World of Beauty” - Houston, TX
2001: “March Madness”, International Quilt Festival - IQA “A World of Beauty” - Houston, TX
”Mountains High”, International Quilt Festival - IQA “A World of Beauty” - Houston, TX
2003: “March Madness”, Pacific International Quilt Festival, Santa Clara, CA
2003 “House With Four Rooms”, Pacific International Quilt Festival, Santa Clara, CA,
2003 “Coastline,” - IQA Show, International Quilt Festival - “A World of Beauty” - Houston,
2007 “Eye of the Storm”, Creative Quilting Book Exhibit- International Quilt Festival, Houston
2008 "Self”, Unified Threads: Beyond the Borders, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX
2010 “Speaking in Color”, High Fiber @The Arts Alliance of Clear Lake, Nassau Bay, TX – Juror’s Award
Invitational:
2006: ”Texas Invitational Art Quilt Show”, Kerr Arts & Cultural Center, Kerrville, TX
2007 & 2008: “Beyond the Borders” at Copper Shade Tree Gallery, Round Top, TX
2012: "The Art in Fiber 2012", Copper Shade Tree Gallery, Round Top, TX
PUBLICATIONS:
Journal quilt, “Eye of the Storm” was included in the book Creative Quilting, edited by Karey Bresenhan,
published by;Quilting Arts, 2007.
Al-Ayyam-Al-Jamilah, Aramco Services Co., Houston, TX, Spring 2008
“Coastline”, Lone Stars III – Texas Quilts Today, edited by Karey Bresenhan, 2011
ORGANIZATIONS:
Houston Area Fiber Artists
Studio Art Quilters Association.
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