I am married and have a five-year old son. My family and I live in Iowa City with our two dogs. We also have a 70-gallon marine aquarium and a 45-gallon freshwater aquarium, and flower beds planted to attract hummingbirds and butterflies. I grew up in western New York State and moved to Iowa in 1991 to attend the University of Iowa as a graduate student. I have a full-time job at the University of Iowa Libraries in the Serials Section. I have recently graduated from the University of Iowa School of Library and Information Science with my Master of Arts. I have also been pursuing coursework on the handmaking of books.
When I’m not at
work, I enjoy playing with my son, spending time with my husband, gardening,
biking, and doing embroidery. In 2001, I joined a local biking club, Bicyclists
of Iowa City, Inc. (BIC), and have been trying to bike more regularly.
I am a member of the Plum
Grove Chapter of the Embroiderers'
Guild of America and am currently serving a two-year term as President.
I entered a piece of embroidery in the 1997 Iowa State Fair, for which I received
Best of Show honors in the Counted Thread Division. I put a scan of the "Golden
Age Sampler" on a separate page. You may also view it and other works
I have made in recent years by clicking on the thumbnail images below.
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 Golden Age Sampler -Close up of top (86K) |
 Golden Age Sampler -Close up of bottom (111K) |
Link
to Temporary Page |
 Hazel’s Sampler -Close up 1 (105K) |
 Hazel’s Sampler -Close up 2 (78K) |
 Silk Roses and Hardanger (92K) |
 Heart Shaped Pulled Work (57K) |
 Heart Shaped Pulled Work Close up (89K) |
 Green Book -Cover(44K) |
 Green Book -Inside (22K) |
 White Book (15K) |
