Accomplishments

 Member of:

• MVQG (Milford Valley Quilters Guild)
• AQS (American Quilters Society)
• TAS (The Applique Society)Position of International Outreach Coordinator
• NQA (National Quilters Guild)
• IQA (International Quilt Association)
• SAQA (Studio Art Quilters Association)
• QA (Quilt Art)
• FUKI ( Traveling Quilters ..Fuki is a Japanese Plum Wine)
• The Fairie Goddess Mothers
• TAQP

Awards

• Milford Valley Quilt Show, PA (1992)(1995)(1997)(1999)(2001)
• Moscow County (1997)(1998)(1999)(2000)
• NY Quilts! (2001)
• Peace with Quilts, Ankara, Turkey (2000)
• Kagoshima Quilt Show, Kagoshima, Japan (2001)
• Istanbul Patchwork Show, Istanbul, Turkey (2000)(2001)

 Quilt Guilds, Groups and Others

• Wiltwyck Quilters Guild, in Kingston, NY November 2003
• International Quilt Festival in Houston, Texas -Oct/Nov 2003
• Minnisota State Quilt Guild in Minneapolis, MN - October 2003
• Merrimack Valley Quilters Guild in Haverhill, Mass-Sept. 2003
• Brownstone Quilters Guild in Glen Rock, NJ - September 2003
• County Line Quilters Guild in Chalfont, PA- September 2003
• AQS Quilt Show in Nashville, TN - August 2003
• Molly Pitcher Stitchers, Freehold, NJ July 2003
• Milford Valley Quilters, PA -Quilts by the Lake Quilt Show June 2003
• The Gathering of Quilters,Toledo, Ohio - May 2003
• Applique Gathering/Lecture- London, England December 2002
• Quilt Italia, Modena, Italy ( December 2002)
• Lecture/Presentation- Lakehurst, NJ American Rescue Dogs of America (ARDA) on behalf of AQS (October 2002)
• www.blockcentral.com - Interview (October 2002)
• AQS Quilt Show, Paducah, KY (April 2002)
• Pocono Mountain Quilters, Stroudsburg, PA (2002)
• Country Quilters, Pine Bush, NY (2002)
• Nutmeg Quilters, Ridgefield, CT (2002)
• Sea Breeze Quilters, Exeter, NH (2001)
• Woman of Spirit Group, Sequim, WA (2001-2002)
• Milford Valley Quilters Guild, Milford, PA (1992-2002)
• Fuki Frequent Flyers Group, Palmetto, PA (2001)(2002)
• Mountain Top Quilters, Hawley, PA (2000)(2001)(2002)
• Delaware Elementary School Lecture (1997)
• Shohola Elementary School, Shohola, PA (1997)

 Publications

• Spray Fun byJ. O'Brien
• My quilt:Antique Rose of Hearts on Page .23
• The Applique Society (May/June 2003)
• Popular Patchwork (UK Publication) December 2002
• Quilt Italia News Magazine- Estate December 2002
• Modena Fiere Country Life Italia - December 2002
• The Applique Society (October 2002)
• The Professional Quilter (October 2002
• AQS Art Quilt Calendar 2002(February "Lunar Lunacy" )
• Patchwork Quilt tsushin Feb. 2002 Japanese magazine
• Quilting Today Issue 86 2001
• American Quilter (Winter 2000) (Summer 2002)
• Miniature Quilts Issue 52 2001
• Pratik Patchwork 2000 Turkish magazine
• Patchwork Euro Quilt 2000
• Quilt World July 2000
• Fantasy Fabric- B. McCaffery 2 quilts in book: Catching Some Rays & Where Angels Play

 Exhibits

• Friendship Quilt Show 15th Anniversary, Kagoshima, Japan (Oct 2003)
• TAQP Exhibit - IQA show in Chicago Illinois (April 2003)
• United We Quilt (American Quilters Society Author Quilt, 3 year Tour(2002-2005)
• American-Japanese Exhibit, Kagoshima, Japan (2001)
• Sacred Threads, Reynoldsburg, Ohio (2001)
• Peace With Quilts , American- Turkish Exhibit,Ankara, Turkey (2000)
• Rock & Roll, currated by Rikki Maeta, Quilters Heritage, Lancaster PA
• .Signature Quilt, IQA, Houston, TX (2000)

International Lectures and Teaching

• Applique Gathering/Lecture - Guilds of NE UK(Dec. 2002)
• "Italia Quilt Festival" Modena/Venice, Italy (Dec. 2002)
• Somers Patchwork Guild, Valdagno, Italy (1998)
• GC PAtchwork Studio, Ankara, Turkey (2000)
• Patchwork Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey (2000)(2001)
• Starnberg Patchwork Group, Starnberg, Bavaria, Germany (1998)
• Moorea, Polynesian Islands, Impromtu invitation to teach while on vacation (2001)

 Curated Exhibits

• Quilts Around Town, Milford PA (125 Quilts)
• American-Turkish Exhibit, Milford PA and Ankara, Turkey (2000)
• American-Japanese Exhibit, Milford PA and Kagoshima, Japan (2001)
• Pennsylvania Co-ordinator for the Presidential Quilt in conjunction with AQS (2002)
• Grey Towers, PA, AQS Quilt Show, MAQS, The White House

Quilt Shops

• Quilters Attic, Pine Bush, NY (2003)
• Quilts by the Falls, Cannon Falls, MN
• Corner Quilts and Gifts, Wauseon, Ohio (2003
• The Quilt Foundry Quilt Shop, Maumee, Ohio(2003)
• The Quilt Patch, Tecumseh, Michigan (2003)
• Quilters Attic, Pine Bush, NY (2002)
• The Fabric Center, Port Jervis, NY (2002)
• J.H. Homestead, Bethel, CT (2002)

 Trade Show Demos

• Clotilde (AQS Show, Paducah, Ky 2001)
• Clover Needlecrafts (Houston Quilt Market 2000)
• Clotilde (Houston Festival 2000)

 International Invitation

Personal Invitation by the Turkish Minister of Culture Istemihan Talay to represent the United States amongst 11 nations to lecture and teach their first International Peace with Quilts in Ankara, Turkey.

Special Projects

American Quilters Society Project Co-ordinator for the Special Quilt for President Bush consisted of 37 International quilt blocks and 43 hand stitched Presidential portraits and The First Lady to be displayed at the AQS Show 2002 and to be presented to President Bush at The White House.

 Private Collections

• Reba McEntire
• Cathy and Bob West, Seal Beach, CA
• Cem Gungor, Ankara, Turkey
• Minister of Culture, Istemihan Talay, Ankara,Turkey
• Bonnie McCaffery, Hawley, PA
• Susan and James Leighty, Milford, PA
• Lorraine Lint, Brandon, FL
• Maria Rosa Kaps, Valdagno, Italy
• Heimke Mascheitz, Munich, Germany
• Gero & Gloria Grohs, Milford, PA
• Hiroko Matsuda, Kagoshima, Japan
• Alison Rumble, Kingston-Upon-Hull, UK