3F Creations
Fabric, Fibre and Floss
Mirror, Alberta

As a young child, I learned to sew, knit and  embroider.  In my forties, I added quilting to my  repertoire, while raising two children and  supporting an ailing husband.  For 30 years I was supremely organized, responsible and competent, by turns a nurse, a credit-and-collections officer, an investment advisor, and a financial planning report writer.

Then I turned 50, and discovered my right brain.  I began to experiment with fabric, fibre, floss, paint and dye.  At first, it was pure grief therapy; now, it is pure joy: loose and spontaneous design married to skilled stitchery and embellishment.  I am inspired by my Creator outside, in Nature, and inside, in Spirit, expressing what I see and feel in the medium of art quilts.

Publications:

Knitting Through It: Inspiring Stories for Times of Trouble, Nargi, Lela (Editor), Voyageur Press, St. Paul, MN, USA, 2008: an essay: "Knitting Life, Knitting Love".

Crafts 'n' Things Magazine, AMOS Craft Publishing, Des Plaines, IL, USA, February 2008: "Knitting Life, Knitting Love", reprinted by permission.

Education:

Design and fabric manipulation: Anna Hergert, Calgary, Alberta, 2004-2006

Beginners' Drawing and Watercolour: Sharon Lynn Williams, Calgary, Alberta, 2005-2007

Contemporary Hand Stitching, Level One Certificate: Gail Harker Creative Studio, Oak Harbor, WA, USA, 2007

Other:

Art and Science of Nursing - McGill University, B.Sc(N), 1974

Theology - Thorneloe College, Laurentian University, A.Th., 2000