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Honors, Awards, and Publications

Museum collections

The Henry Ford, Dearborn, Michigan (Eternal Love Wedding Ensemble)

Museum Boards

Chair or Vice Chair, Board of Directors, San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles  (2016-2022)

Exhibits

2026: The Woven Pixel, San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles (Bipolar Prison)

2013: Beyond the Veil: Brides and their Stories, American Textile History Museum (Eternal Love Wedding Ensemble)

Honors and Awards

2014:

Juror, Fiber Celebrations, Northern Colorado Weavers’ Guild
Best in Show, Midwest Fiber & Folk Art Fair Garment Extravaganza (Kodachrome Jacket)

2012:

Most Original, Conference of Northern California Handweavers (Autumn Splendor)

2011:

Winner, Handwoven Garment Challenge; work featured on front cover of Handwoven magazine (Kodachrome Jacket)

2010:

Best in Show, Conference of Northern California Handweavers Fashion Show (Eternal Love Wedding Ensemble)
2nd place, Amateur Garments, Blue Ridge Fiber Show (Eternal Love Wedding Ensemble)
1st place, Accessories, Conference of Northern California Handweavers
2nd place, Accessories, Conference of Northern California Handweavers
2nd place, Neckwear: Conference of Northern California Handweavers

2008:

2nd place, Accessories: Conference of Northern California Handweavers, 2008

Publications:

Books

Master Your Craft: Strategies for Designing, Making, and Selling Artisan Work, Schiffer Publishing, 2016.

Magazine articles

Handwoven:

Spring 2025: Magic in the Tie-Up
Winter 2024: Op Art Table Linens
Summer 2024: Balancing Asymmetry
Summer 2024: Eventide Elegance Scarf
May/June 2018: Flower Scarves
May/June 2014: Improvising at the Loom Using Profile Drafts
May/June 2014: Spicy Scarves
January/February 2014: Little Luxuries: Silk Bag and Sachets
January/February 2014: Idea Gallery: Working with Fine Threads
January/February 2013: Celtic Braid Cape
January/February 2013: Are You a Complex Weaver?
November/December 2011: Block Weave Basics: Using a Profile Draft
September/October 2011: Kodachrome Jacket (jacket featured on front cover)
January/February 2011: Say It with Cloth!

WEFT Magazine:

Summer 2025: What is Rhythm?

Shuttle, Spindle, and Dyepot:

Winter 2020: Taming an Overly Bright Color
Fall 2020: Working with Many Colors: How to Make Your Pattern Show
Spring 2020: Designing Patterning in Your Painted Warps
Winter 2019: How to Preserve the Colors In Your Painted Warp
Spring 2018: Demystifying Color Mixing
Fall 2010: Eternal Love Wedding Ensemble

Complex Weavers Journal:

June 2015: A Comparison of Jacquard Looms
October 2014: Stenciling on Warps
October 2014: Phoenix Draft
June 2014: Complex Color Simulations in Photoshop
October 2013: Designing Fabrics with Meaning
June 2013: Designing Taquete in Photoshop
February 2013: Designing 4 the Future (book review)
October 2012: Risk Management in Creative Projects
June 2012: Autumn Splendor
February 2012: Kodachrome: Designing for the Runway
October 2011: Photoshop for Devore Design
June 2011: Electronic Notebooks
February 2011: book review: “Fit 2 Be Tied” by Marg Coe
February 2010: One Draft, Many Choices
October 2009: Double Happiness Wedding

WeaveZine

November 2009: Plain Weave Variations

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