Healing Quilts. This one hour lecture is a slide show of some amazing projects where quilts have been used to make the world a better place. This lecture will show excerpts from some poignant and powerful exhibits including the Walter Reed cancer quilts, Alzheimer's Forgetting Piece by Piece, Sacred Threads and Beyond the Barrier (quilts made by inmates of the Ohio Reformatory for Women). You will also see a mini trunk show of pieces purchased in fund raising auctions to support autism, Alzheimer's and cancer. It will give your guild or organization some ideas on how to start your own healing quilt project.

Mutterkraut Collage. Made for the Healing Quilts in Medicine project. Mutterkraut is used in chemo drugs. This quilt is in a permanent exhibit in the cancer wing ofWalter Reed Army Medical Center.

Journey of Faith. I will share my personal testimony of how faith has brought me out of a corporate career to making art quilts for my place of worship. I have many inspirational stories to share about how this path has deepened my faith and brought me incredible joy. I will bring some of my worship quilts to share. The length of this talk can be tailored to suit the needs of your group.

Praise Him. Made for my pastor at church. It now hangs in the sanctuary. It is based on one of the panels in Selah and is done in colors that complement our church building. This quilt came about in an unusual way. Read The Story About This Quilt.

Personal Journey as an Art Quilter. This lecture and trunk show tracks the path of my development as a quilt artist beginning with my few traditional pieces, examples of my studio experiments in design, to the quilts I am making today. I hope to inspire fellow quilters to experiment and find their own calling.

Global Balance. Made for the Hoffman Challenge 2008.

Sacred Threads 2009 and/or 2011

These lectures are slideshows of the 2009 or 2011 Sacred Threads Exhibit. I will show you the poignant and fabulous pieces that made this a truly remarkable exhibit. It will inspire you to make pieces that share your personal experiences in joy, spirituality, inspiration, healing, grief and peace. This lecture is pro bono. You may make a donation to the Sacred Threads non-profit to help with the 2013 exhibit.

Praise. Shown in the Sacred Threads 2009 exhibit.