Shows & Exhibitions

Upcoming Shows & Exhibitions

Cathedral Trees is currently on display at the Redwood Art Association Exhibition “Beyond the Page: A Focus on Sculpture and Fiber in Eureka, California, Nov 18-Dec 12 2025. This quilt will also be shown at AQS Quiltweek Daytona Beach, Feb 18-21, 2026.

Previous Shows, Exhibitions & Awards

Quilt Awards (National / International)

  • “Cathedral Trees” Honorable Mention Large Stationary Machine, AQS Quiltweek Lancaster 2025
  • “Chomp” 2nd Place Machine Embroidered/ Thread Painted, The Great Wisconsin Quilt Show 2025
  • “Cathedral Trees” 2nd Place Pictorial, Minnesota Quilt Show 2025
  • “Secret World” 2nd Place Animal Category, Road to California 2025
  • “The Palace of Fine Arts” Honorable Mention Fiber Art Category, AQS Quiltweek Lancaster 2024
  • “Secret World” 2nd Place Machine Embroidered/ Thread Painted Category, The Great Wisconsin Quilt Show 2024
  • “The Palace of Fine Arts” Honorable Mention Stationary Machine Quilted Wall Quilts, AQS Quiltweek Grand Rapids 2024
  • “Secret World” Best Sewing Machine Workmanship, Innovative Category, Pacific International Quilt Festival 2024
  • “Secret World” Honorable Mention Pictorial, Site Security Team Special Recognition Award, Minnesota Quilt Show 2024
  • “Chomp” 2nd Place Art Category, Minnesota Quilt Show 2024
  • “Snow Day” 1st Place Art Category, Smokey Mountain Quilt Show 2024
  • “Ski Buddies” 1st Place Pictorial Category, Smokey Mountain Quilt Show 2024
  • “Chomp” Best Pictorial Quilt, Quiltfest Greenville 2024
  • “The Palace of Fine Arts” 2nd Place Pictorial, AQS Quiltweek Daytona Beach 2024
  • “The Palace of Fine Arts” 2nd Place Pictorial, Road to California 2024
  • “The Palace of Fine Arts” 1st Place Visual Impact, New Quilts of Northern California Exhibit
    and Best Interpretation of Theme (Innovative Category) Pacific International Quilt Festival 2023
  • “Sunset at Camel Rock” 2nd Place Small Pictorial, International Quilt and Fiber Arts Festival 2023
  • “Snow Day” 1st Place Machine Embroidered and Thread Painted, The Great Wisconsin Quilt Show 2023
  • “Ski Buddies” 2nd Place Machine Quilted Pictorial, The Great Wisconsin Quilt Show 2023
  • “Sunset at Camel Rock” NACQJ Award of Merit, Indiana Heritage Quilt Show 2023
  • “Ski Buddies” Best Pictorial Quilt, Quiltfest Greenville 2022
  • “Orca’s Tale” 3rd Place Large Art Quilt/ Representational, Northwest Quilting Expo 2021
  • “Snow Day” 1st Place Innovative, Spring Quilt Festival Online 2021
  • “Sumeg Village” Honorable Mention, Pacific International Quilt Festival 2019
  • “Camping Trip” 3rd Place Small Art Quilt / Representational, Northwest Quilting Expo 2019
  • “Orca’s Tale” Honorable Mention, Mid Atlantic Quilt Festival 2019
  • “Sunset at Camel Rock” 2nd Place Naturescapes, Road to California 2019
  • “Boats in Avalon” People’s Choice, International Quilt and Fiber Arts Festival 2018
  • “Trinidad Lighthouse” Best Interpretation of Theme, Denver National Quilt Festival 2015

Quilt Awards (Local)

  • “Secret World” Best of Show and First Place Professional, Humboldt County Fair 2025
  • “Cathedral Trees” Viewer’s Choice Award Landscape, Heart of the Redwoods Quilt Show 2025
  • “The Palace of Fine Arts” Best of Fiber, Redwood Art Association Exhibit “Beyond the Page: A Focus on Sculpture & Fiber” 2024
  • “Chomp” Best in Show Professional, 1st Place Professional Machine Quilted Category, Humboldt County Fair 2024
  • “Chomp” Award of Merit, Redwood Art Association “Beyond the Page: A Focus on Sculpture and Fiber” 2023
  • “The Palace of Fine Arts” Best of Show Professional Division, 1st in Category, Humboldt County Fair 2023
  • “Fishing Boats in Noyo Harbor” Volunteer’s Choice Award, Heart of the Redwoods Quilt Show 2023
  • “Fishing Boats in Noyo Harbor” Best of Show, Humboldt County Fair 2022
  • “Ski Buddies” 2nd in Category, Humboldt County Fair 2022
  • “Ski Buddies” Heart of the Redwoods Quilt Award, Redwood Art Association Exhibit “A Focus on Fiber” 2022
  • “Snow Day” Best of Show, Humboldt County Fair 2021
  • “Moshpit!” 2nd in Category, REQG Special Award, Humboldt County Fair 2021
  • “Sequoia Park” 1st in Category, Humboldt County Fair 2021
  • “Sunset at Camel Rock” 1st in Category and Fabric Temptations Special Award, Humboldt County Fair 2019
  • “Family Ties” 3rd in Category, Humboldt County Fair 2019
  • “Orca’s Tale” Volunteers Choice Award, Heart of the Redwoods Quilt Show 2019
  • “Sunset at Camel Rock” Best of Show, Redwood Art Association “A Focus on Fiber” Exhibit 2019
  • “Orca’s Tale” 1st in Category, Humboldt County Fair 2018
  • “Sumeg Village” 2nd in Category, Humboldt County Fair 2018
  • “Camping Trip” Best of Show, 1st in Category, Humboldt County Fair 2018
  • “Camping Trip” 1st in Category, Best of Humboldt Fair 2017
  • “Boats in Avalon” 1st in Category and Fabric Temptations Special Award, Humboldt County Fair 2017
  • “Boats in Avalon” 1st in Category, Viewers Choice, Best of Humboldt Fair 2016
  • “North Coast Paradise” 3rd in Category, Best Use of Embellishments, Fabric Temptations
    Special Award, Viewers Choice, Humboldt County Fair 2016
  • “Abandoned Schoolhouse” Best of Show, 1st in Category, Best of Humboldt Fair 2016
  • “North Coast Paradise” Best of Show, 1st in Category, Best of Humboldt Fair 2015
  • “Avalanche Dog at Mount Bachelor” 2nd in Category, Best of Humboldt Fair 2015
  • “Avalanche Dog at Mount Bachelor” 2nd in Category, Humboldt County Fair 2015
  • “Abandoned Schoolhouse” 1st in Category, Humboldt County Fair 2015
  • “Trinidad Lighthouse” 1st in Category, Humboldt County Fair 2014
  • “Trinidad Lighthouse” Best of Show, 1st in Category, Redwood Acres Fair 2014
  • “Redwoods and Thimbleberries” 3rd in Category, Humboldt County Fair 2014
  • “Dogs in Trinidad” 1st in Category, Humboldt County Fair 2013
  • “Dogs in Trinidad” Volunteers Choice Award, Heart of the Redwoods Quilt Show 2013
  • “Dogs in Trinidad” 1st in Category, Redwood Acres Fair 2013
  • “Happy Fishes” 3rd in Category, Redwood Acres Fair 2012
  • “Happy Fishes” 2nd in Category, Humboldt County Fair 2012

Juried Shows

  • AQS Quiltweek Spring Paducah 2018, 2019, 2020 (Accepted as a semifinalist, show was cancelled), 2022, 2024, 2025
  • AQS Quiltweek Branson 2022, 2024, 2025
  • AQS Quiltweek Daytona Beach 2019, 2020, 2022, 2024, 2025, 2026
  • Mid Atlantic Quilt Festival 2017,2019, 2020, 2021 (Virtual Show), 2025
  • Road to California 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
  • AQS Quiltweek Lancaster Downtown 2019, 2020 (Accepted as a semifinalist, show was cancelled), 2024, 2025
  • The Great Wisconsin Quilt Show 2023, 2024, 2025
  • AQS Quiltweek Grand Rapids 2019, 2024
  • Pacific International Quilt Festival 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020 (Virtual Show), 2021, 2023, 2024
  • Quiltfest Greenville 2021 (Virtual Show), 2022, 2024
  • International Quilt and Fiber Arts Festival (Everett, WA) 2016, 2018, 2019, 2023
  • Northwest Quilting Expo 2019, 2021
  • AQS Quiltweek Fall Paducah 2019
  • AQS Quiltweek Charleston 2019
  • World Quilt New England 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
  • International Quilt Festival Judged Show 2017, 2025
  • Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza 2016
    Denver National Quilt Festival 2015

Juried Exhibitions

  • “Beyond the Page: A Focus on Sculpture and Fiber” at the Redwood Art Association Gallery, Nov 18-Dec 12 2025
  • “Beyond the Page: A Focus on Sculpture and Fiber” at the Redwood Art Association Gallery, Nov 20-Dec 20 2024
  • “Beyond the Page: A Focus on Sculpture and Fiber” at the Redwood Art Association Gallery Nov 15-Dec 15, 2023
  • NCQC Exhibit “New Quilts of Northern California” at the Pacific International Quilt Festival 2014, 2023
  • “A Focus on Fiber” at the Redwood Art Association Gallery, Eureka CA, May 18-Jun 17, 2022
  • SAQA Global Exhibition “Connecting Our Natural Worlds” with the Original Sewing and Quilt Expo, Mar-Nov 2022
  • SAQA Regional Exhibition “Art Quilts 2” at the Mistlin Gallery, Modesto, CA, Mar 27- May 1, 2022
  • SAQA Regional Exhibition “Art Quilts 2” at the Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA, Jan 13- Feb 13, 2022
  • Fiber Art at the Humboldt County Airport, curated by the Redwood Art Association, Jun 2021-Jun 2022
  • “A Virtual Focus on Fiber” at the Redwood Art Association website, Apr 19-May 21, 2021
  • SAQA Global Exhibition “Connecting Our Natural Worlds” at the Brigham City Museum of
    Art and History, Brigham City, Utah, Jun 26-Sep 18 2021
  • SAQA Regional Exhibition “Art Quilts 2” at the California Heritage Museum, Santa Monica, CA, Jun 24- Sep 19 2021
  • “A Focus on Fiber” exhibit at the Redwood Art Association Gallery in Eureka, CA, May 22-Jun 14 2019
  • SAQA Global Exhibition “Connecting Our Natural Worlds” premiering at the Arizona
    Sonora Desert Museum in Tucson, AZ, Oct 5 2019-Jan 5 2020
  • “Best of the Festival” Exhibit at the Pacific Northwest Quilt and Fiber Arts Museum in La Conner, WA Oct-Nov 2018
Sunset at Camel Rock wins Best of Show, Focus on Fiber 2019

Shows & Exhibitions (Not Juried)

  • Minnesota Quilt Show 2024, 2025
  • Smokey Mountain Quilt Show 2024
  • Solo Exhibition at Freshwater Grange, Mar 3, 2024
  • Humboldt County Fair 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
  • Heart of the Redwoods Quilt Show 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2023, 2025
  • Indiana Heritage Quilt Show 2023
  • Eureka, CA Blood Bank
  • Online Quilt Festival 2020 (virtual show)
  • Humboldt Bay Bistro Mar 2017-Oct 2019
  • Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show 2019
  • Redwood Acres / Best of Humboldt Fair 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
  • Unofficial Redwood Community Event 2015

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