WRITER | NATURE PHOTOGRAPHER | QUILTER
Welcome to my website. I hope you enjoy looking at my nature articles, photographs, quilts and books.
WRITER
I enjoy teaching others through my words. Now that photography has become a passion, I am able to teach through images as well as words. Through nature articles in local magazines and newspapers, I hope that I am inspiring readers to learn about the natural world. My two step-by-step quilt books, The Complete Book of Patchwork, Quilting & Appliqué and The Ultimate Guide to Art Quilting are my pride and joy.
QUILTER
I became interested in quilts while working as an editor for McCall's Needlework and Crafts Magazine in New York City, but did not try quilt making right away. I had a feeling that once I started quilting, I would never want to do any other type of needlework again. I was right. Quilting became an obsession that has lasted over 40 years and is still going strong.
PHOTOGRAPHER
I found a new obsession in lockdown as I took my daily walks: nature photography. I realised that I didn’t know much about the natural world and resolved to teach myself as much as I could through photography and research. This lockdown project turned into a new obsession as I continue to learn about all aspects of nature from plants, lichens insects, birds and animals to fungi and even dogs.