Though I dabbled in sewing as a child, I didn't become a quilter until after I finished college. In the days between the end of exams and graduation, I decided that I would need a hobby to fill the hours of free time that I would have since I would no longer be studying, bought a couple of books, and started quilting. In the more than a dozen years since, quilting has gone from being a hobby to keep my hands busy after work to an absolute passion.
I began my quilting pursuits with traditional, hand quilted bed quilts, often in the bright jewel tone fabrics that I prefer. I have since added art quilts and their various techniques, such as fusing, painting, dyeing, etc. to my repertoire. Now, in addition to time spent working in my Massachusetts studio, I teach at Quilt University, lecture, and teach workshops.
Publications "Ruth B. McDowell: A Quilter's Career," Quilter's Newsletter, August/ September 2011 "A Quilter's Dictionary of Household Terms," Quilter's Newsletter, April/ May 2010
Teaching "Getting Started Online," Quilt University, 2008 - 2012
Quilt Shows Vermont Quilt Festival, Essex Junction, VT, 2010 Garden State Quilters Guild, Westfield, NJ, 2007 Quilting Activities Assistant Treasurer, Rising Star Quilters Guild 2011 - 2012 Member, Rising Star Quilters Guild 2010 - 2012 Garden State Quilters Guild Webmaster, 2007 - 2008 Garden State Quilters Guild Quilt Show Hanging Chair, 2005 and 2007 Sunshine Committee Chair (Charitable Activities), Garden State Quilters Guild, 2005 - 2007 Member, Garden State Quilters Guild, 2004- 2009
Hand Quilting Demonstrations: Chatham Township Bicentennial, 2006 Fosterfield Living Historical Farm Country Fair, 2006 and 2007
Workshops Taken: Beginning and Advanced Quilt Restoration Workshop, Nancy Kirk, 2011 "Designing from Nature," Ruth McDowell, 2009 "Discovering Design Sources," Anna Hergert, Quilting By the Lake, 2007
