I grew up watching my Mother look at ready-to-wear garments for my sisters and I, go home and cut a pattern from newspaper, and make it for us. She was amazing with the things she created. My Mother and my 7th grade Home Ec. teacher are the ones that influenced my sewing. Home Ec. class is where I made straight A’s.

My sewing career started out in the Heart of the Ozarks, sewing samples for all the sewing stores in the area, teaching classes at my home, helping ladies learn to use their machines and perfect their sewing, showing them my wonderful Bernina 830 (the first 830). I then went on to work at my local BERNINA store, where I worked over 19 years, as manager and teaching all kinds of sewing classes. I have been published in several area newspapers. I enjoy all kinds of sewing: art-to-wear, garment embellishment & appliqué, garment construction and home dec, but I especially like working with my 1300MDC serger, working with all kinds of threads and creating unique looks with those threads.

When my husband and I are both home at the same time, we like to de-stress and ride our Tyke around the beautiful Ozark Hills with Charley, our black poodle.