Bio

I have held small basic patchwork, free machine embroidery classes in my studio and will now continue in winter with some separate classes for a group of very enthusiastic Spanish ladies because of the language.  They are mostly retired professional career women who have an interest to create with textiles.  However there is a growing interest from our expat community to patchwork, paint and stitch on fabrics.

Every year I try to participate in a textile or art exhibition and below are the most important. 

SUAVE 5 International Juried Triennal of Textile Fashion Accessories in the Museo Nacional de Artes Decorativas, Madrid, Spain, 2013

http://www.creadorestextiles.org/suave5/exposicion.html

Festival of Quilts 2013 and Fashion Sans Frontier Catwalk, Birminham, UK

Three NADFAS group societies Art Festivals held yearly in Sotogrande, Benahavís and Fuengirola, Spain

Festival Internacional de Arte Marbella, Spain in 2011

Solo Exhibition in Centro de Arte, Yunquera, Sierra de Ronda, Spain 2010

“Pintando con hilos” (Painting with Threads) Solo Exhibition in The Andalucia Soap Company in Ronda, Spain, 2009

Quilt Visions Art Quilt Gallery, San Diego, CA, USA in 2007. A small 12”x 12”

(30 x 30 cms) of mine was shown in a mini quilt exhibition by Quilt Visions Quilt Art Gallery in San Diego Airport.

SAA Squared – A Juried Exhibition of Small Works in Fiber in Avenue 50 Studio, Inc. Highland Park, CA, USA

 “Pintando con hilos” (Painting with Threads) Solo exhibition in Hotel Puente Molino, Ronda, Spain, 2006

ARTQUILTART International Invitational Exhibition in The University Museum of Indiana University, Indiana, PA, USA, 2004

Plaza del Mar Gallery group exhibition in Puerto Banús, Marbella, Spain

Kunst im Gemeindehaus solo Exhibition, Bergdietikon, Switzerland in 2004

2003

Duo-Ausstellung “Textile Kleinode” in der Galerie für Textilkunst, Kleinskulpturen und Kunsthandwerk in Kunstwerkstatt Rehalp, Zürich Workshop mit Computer Textile Design Group in Lichfield, U.K. 3 Seminare für textile Kunst mit Surface Design Association am Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, U.S.A. 2-wöchiger Workshop mit Clare Verstegen für Siebdruck und andere Medien an der Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, U.S.A. Gruppenausstellung ‘Contemporary Art Quilts 2003’ in Oxford und Bristol, U.K. Gruppenausstellung “Textile Miniaturen Schweiz” Galerie für Textilkunst, Kunstwerkstatt Rehalp, Zürich Gruppenausstellung “Kunsthandwerk im Ritterhaus” Bubikon, Zürich Kursleiterin für kreative Maschinenstickerei und Appliqué in Zürich Veröffentlichung von Artikeln über Stickerei in verschiedenen Publikationen in England und USA.

2000

Group exhibition by 'cutting edge' quilters entitled 'contemporary art quilts 2000' in Uffington, Oxford, U.K. First ever juried contemporary art quilt exhibition in the U.K. Gave a workshop for Bernina (Schweiz) AG at their '2. artista Champions Treffen' conference in August 2000 for the 34 Bernina sales representatives of Switzerland 2001 Solo exhibition "Tischschmuck & Retrospective" (Table Gems) at Patchideal, Diessenhofen, near Schaffhausen 2002 Publications in magazines such as 'Inspirations' of Bernina (Switzerland) AG, Madeira (U.K.), 'The World of Embroidery', U.K., Art/Quilt Magazine, U.S.A. and in local newspapers in Switzerland when an exhibition took place. Gruppenausstellung Patchwork & Quilt Expo VIII, U.S.A. in Barcelona, Spanien Workshop mit Ned Wert, Künstler und Curator in Indiana University Museum

1999

Group Exhibition exhibiting at Galerie Chateau de Vullierens, Switzerland entitled "Patchwork D'Aujourd'hui" Second solo exhibition MAGIC STITCHES "Experimentelle Stickerei" in Fehraltorf (Zurich).

1998

Exhibited some of my work in the fashionable boutique 'Roswitha im Seefeld' in Zurich, Switzerland Was invited to exhibit my work for 3 weeks with four other textile artists by Scheidegger Buchhandlung (Textile Bookshop) to celebrate their 30 year anniversary in Affoltern-am-Albis, Zurich, Switzerland

1997

Three week textile and craft appreciation journey to Gujarat and Rajasthan, India Exhibited at the CRAFT, EMBROIDERY & FASHION `97 held by Madeira Threads (UK) Ltd in Harrogate, U.K.

1995

Three pieces of my own work were exhibited in the Seminar Hotel, Unteraegeri, Switzerland during a Workshop with Sonja Shogren 1996 Solo exhibition MAGIC STITCHES "Experimentelle Stickerei" in Fehraltorf (Zurich)

1994

patCHquilt AGM and exhibition, Zurich, Switzerland. Exhibited some of my embroideries and spoke to visitors about my experience stitching the English way of contemporary hand and machine embroidery 

1992

Workshops and seminars in France, Holland, Switzerland, U.K. and U.S.A with renowned teachers and artists to continuously improve and update techniques for hand and machine embroidery, design, contemporary patchwork and quilting

1991

3-week textile and craft appreciation journey to explore the villages of ethnic peoples, their textiles & embroideries in South West China Solo exhibition at Juvena of Switzerland, Volketswil, Zurich, Switzerland 

1988-1991

Correspondence course to gain a diploma in embroidery at the Stitch-Design Art School, London with Julia & Alex Caprara & Francis Ross-Duncan. In June 1991 the students' examination pieces were exhibited at Knapp Gallery, Regent's Park College, London Attended my first design course for quilting in 1989 with Ruth McDowell at an Empty Spool Workshop in Engelberg, Switzerland