As a doll maker, I am pleased if my work makes people smile, stop and think, or even laugh. I am a fiber artist and mixed media with whatever materials are needed to support my figurative work. 

As a child my mother gave me her sewing scraps to make clothes for my dolls.  By the time I was 15, I sewed all my own clothing.  A degree in Home Economics  was a natural next step.  All my life I have immersed myself in all things fiber.  In addition to sewing, knitting, needlepoint and embroidery, I learned to spin and weave and have taught weaving for the last 20 plus years.

After retiring from the business world in 2002, I began to seek outlets for my creative energy.  I started to make dolls with patterns I found in magazines.  Finally, the book, “Creative Cloth Doll Making” by Patti Medaris Culea, helped me decided that this was the outlet for my creative energy that I wanted.  Because my ideas did not fit many of the patterns I found, I began designing my own.

I am a member of the Allegany Area Art Alliance and the Allegany Arts Council, both based in the Cumberland, Maryland area.  I am also a member of the Maryland Mountain Doll Collectors and a founding member of the Tri State Doll Artisans who meet in Cumberland.