NEW->  "Photoshop:  Techniques for Fiber Art"
A lecture-demo for a large group with a broad sampling of Photoshop manipulations and tremendous inspiration.  Topics include altering images for enhancement or abstraction, photo transfer techniques, color analysis, custom fabric design, quilt design and much more.  Fun transformations to see, even if you don't use a computer for your quilting.

“Random Acts of Love”
Quilts to raise money, quilts to raise awareness, quilts to comfort, quilts to memorialize…Service projects have given me some profound experiences.  I will share personal images and stories of many touching projects, along with strategies for people who wish to take on projects of the heart

“Trip Around the World”
Travel has taken me as far east as Yerevan Armenia, west to Thailand’s Similan Islands, I’ve seen glaciers in Alaska and Chile…And wouldn’t you know it, my favorite quilt to make is the Trip Around the World.  This is a demo/lecture where I show the tricks of making my favorite quilt with its beautiful surprising results and share a few tales from my favorite spots in the world.

“Queen of Hearts” as a one hour demo
A digital-projection-based demonstration of the basic techniques I used to create my Queen of hearts quilt and how to use these techniques to create many more appliqué quilts.

“World View”
Faces, places, sights, smells tastes… Color theory and quilt design based on seeing inspiration everywhere in the world…. Slide show and trunk show

“Special Effects
 How to use dynamic color and value combinations to create illusions of light and dimension in quilts.  Slide show and trunk show