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Honors, Awards, and Publications

Museum collections

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

Museum Boards

President, Board of Directors, San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles  (2016-2018)
Vice President, Board of Directors, San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles (2018-present)

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:

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!”

Shuttle, Spindle, and Dyepot:

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 Taqueté 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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