I am the daughter of German immigrants, a soul mate to her husband, a failed mother, a homeowner, an avid traveler, a college graduate, and the servant to an adorable cat. Yet, I am first and foremost, an artist. Using needle and thread, I works with an overall theme toward a mixed media installation. I stitch both by hand and machine and indulges a passion for book arts, 3D found art objects, and digital art. Altering found photos is an obsession. In another life, I might have been a kidnapper fixating on letters snipped from assorted, antique ephemera. My work has appeared in national publications and juried exhibitions and at fine craft shows including the Philadelphia Museum of Art and Smithsonian Craft Shows. Her work is in the permanent collection of the Textile Museum in Washington, DC and the McKissick Museum in South Carolina.