It is like drawing with your sewing machine.

My work comes to life when the thread goes on top of the fabric.

This is sun printing. You put the paint on, you put the actual leaves on, and where the leaves are in the sun, then it turns a lighter color.

I never could quite do mine like every one else. I always wanted it to be unique in some way, so that's how I got where I am.

There has never been a gallery here for me to show my work. I show all over the country, and I've never had the privilege of showing in a gallery here.

All day long you sit and sew,
Stitch life down for fear it grow,

Stitch life down for fear we guess
At the hidden ugliness.

Dusty voice that throbs with heat,
Hoping with your steel-thin beat

To put stitches in my mind,
Make it tidy, make it kind,

You shall not: I'll keep it free
Though you turn earth, sky and sea

To a patchwork quilt to keep
Your mind snug and warm in sleep!