At Stephens College, I came to realize that stitching was my companion next to my horses and expanded my talents to hand-painted canvases and room-sized rugs. To my surprise, the local needlepoint stores encouraged me to stitch their samples and paid me in wool skeins. I then began creating my own canvases and stitching customs designs for clients.
Still denying my artistic talents. I received my B.A. in child psychology and my Master of Education. I married and found myself in Puerto Rico. Where I taught at a bilingual, private elementary school. In my free time I learned the art of ceramics, which I didn't know would be the foundation for my dimensional needlework later in my life.
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The love of my life, my son A.J. was born and has continued to be my source of inspiration and joy. We moved to Virginia Beach where I gave up teaching to raise my son. Needlepoint was still my passion. |
At my mother's insistence I created a Pierrot needlepoint body to accompany one of the ceramic clown faces that I had made her for a gift. Mother sold them in my home town in South Dakota and a business was born. FACES. The next thing I knew I was selling them in New York City, reps all over and a demand I could hardly keep up with. The business flourished and sales grew. A move to Michigan for my husband's career proved fatal to my marriage. With A.J. in hand I went back to teaching special education and tried to manage single parenthood, career and the business. Something had to give and I put FACES on the shelf for a few years. I never stopped creating, but had to stop painting and selling nationally. With A.J. now in high school and a high school hockey player it was time to come back to the marketplace.... And a new FACES was born.
I am excited and rejuvenated with this business as I meet new friends and rekindle old acquaintances. The Internet has opened new doors and I look forward to meeting new customers and fellow stitchers. Please feel free to contact me with any comments. questions, or suggestions about my work. My fingers are busy daily, as I look forward to sharing my new designs with you.
