Awards

The Exodus

  • 1st place Human Figure at Road to California Showcase - Ontario, CA – Jan 2024
  • Best in show at 39th Annual New Legacies: Contemporary Art Quilts - Fort Collins, CO – Jun 2023

The March for Love

  • 1st place Pictorial at International Quilt and Fiber Arts Festival - Everett, WA – Oct 2022
  • Guest Juror Award at Surface Design Journal's Sixth Annual International Exhibition in Print: From Confrontation to Catharsis - Fall 2021 – Sep 2021
  • Honorable Mention at Yeiser Art Center: Fantastic Fibers Exhibit - Paducah, KY – Apr 2021

Force of Nature

  • 1st place at CAL International 2023; Conroe Art League - Conroe, TX – Mar 2023
  • 2nd place Pictorial at International Quilt and Fiber Arts Festival - Everett, WA – Oct 2022
  • Best in Show at Sewing Machines Plus Virtual Quilt Festival – Mar 2021
  • 3rd place Innovative at Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival Online - Visuals #3 – Feb 2021

Remembering

  • Honorable Mention at 94th Grand National Exhibition - Salmagundi Club - New York, NY – Nov 2022
  • Award of Excellence at Form Not Function, Carnegie Center for Art and History - New Albany, IN – May 2021
  • Best in Show at Road to California: Road@Home - Virtual Quilt Festival – Jan 2021

Consuelo

  • Best in show at Form, Not Function: Quilt Art at the Carnegie - New Albany, Indiana – May 2022

Pensive Pause

  • Best Wall Quilt at Mancuso Visions II Online Exhibit – Sep 2020
  • 2nd place Human Figure at Road to California Quilt Festival - Ontario, CA – Jan 2020
  • 1st place Painted Surface category at International Quilt Festival 2019 - Houston, TX – Oct 2019
  • 2nd place at Juried Fine Art Exhibit at Front Porch Gallery - Carlsbad, CA – Jul 2018

Maria’s Tree

  • Best Wall Quilt at Mancuso Visuals #1 - International Quilt Competition – Aug 2020
  • 3rd place Painted Surface category at International Quilt Festival 2019 - Houston, TX – Oct 2019
  • Outstanding Artistry at Road to California Quilt Festival – Ontario, CA – Jan 2019
  • 2nd place at West Coast Fiber Art Exhibition - Escondido, CA – Sep 2018

Velvet Flowers

  • Best Machine Quilting at International Quilt and Fiber Arts Festival - Everett, WA – Oct 2022
  • Award of Excellence & Viewer's Choice at Form, Not Function - New Albany, IN – Aug 2020
  • 2nd place Human Figure at Road to California Quilt Festival – Ontario, CA – Jan 2019
  • Gammill Master Award for Contemporary Artistry at International Quilt Festival 2018 - Houston, TX – Nov 2018

In the Old Way

  • 2nd place at West Coast Fiber Arts - Escondido, CA – Sep 2019

Braveheart

  • 1st place for first time entry at AQS QuiltWeek - Paducah, KY – Sep 2019
  • Honorable Mention, Human Image at Road to California Quilt Festival – Ontario, CA – Jan 2018
  • Best Sewing Machine Workmanship at Pacific International Quilt Festival - Santa Clara, CA – Oct 2017

Perceptions of Life

  • Honorable Mention at Sedona Arts Center - Sedona, AZ – Nov 2023
  • People's Choice Award at Sedona Arts Center - Sedona, AZ – Nov 2023

Gossiping Ducks and Hungry Tiger

  • 2nd place Pictorial at AQS QuiltWeek - Paducah, KY – Sep 2019

Joshua is Jazz

  • 2nd place Best Wall Quilt at Pacific International Quilt Festival - Santa Clara, CA – Oct 2017

Yuja

  • 1st place Pictorial & Best in Show at Pacific Northwest Quilt & Fiber Art Festival - Everett, WA – Oct 2018
  • Best in Show at Pathfinders: New Territories, Southern Utah Museum of Art - Cedar City, UT – Jun 2017
  • Director's Choice at Road to California – Ontario, CA – Jan 2017
  • Best Wall Quilt & Viewer's Choice at Pacific International Quilt Festival XXIV - Santa Clara, CA – Oct 2016

Unbroken

  • Best in Show at 34th Annual New Legacies: Contemporary Art Quilts - Fort Collins, CO – Jul 2016
  • Founder's Choice Award at Women's Works 29th Annual Fine Arts Show - Woodstock, IL – Mar 2016

Reflecting

  • 1st place at Front Porch Gallery 6th Annual Juried Fine Arts Exhibition - Carlsbad, CA – Jul 2016

Musicman of Jaipur

  • 1st place art pictorial at 2016 International Juried and Judged Quilt and Fiber Arts Festival - La Conner, WA – Sep 2016
  • 1st place Art Human Image at Road to California Quilt Festival – Ontario, CA – Jan 2016

Trini Dancer

  • 3rd place representational at 2016 International Juried and Judged Quilt and Fiber Arts Festival - La Conner, WA – Sep 2016

Fancy Shawl Dancer

  • 1st place art pictorial wall quilt at La Conner Quilt and Textile Museum - International Juried Quilt and Fiber Art Festival - La Conner, WA – Oct 2015
  • 3rd place art pictorial at Road to California Quilt Festival – Ontario, CA – Jan 2015
  • 1st place at Front Porch Gallery 4th Annual Juried Fine Arts Exhibition - Carlsbad, CA – Jun 2014

Bali Boys

  • 1st place at Escondido Arts Partnership Municipal Gallery, Juried Fiber and Art Quilt Exhibition - Escondido, CA – Aug 2014

Where We Met

  • 2nd place at La Conner Quilt and Textile Museum International Juried Quilt and Fiber Arts Festival - La Conner, WA – Oct 2014
  • Best wall quilt at Road to California Quilt Festival - Ontario, CA – Jan 2014

Carousel of Time

  • 2nd place art pictorial at Road to California - Ontario, CA – Jan 2013
  • 1st place at Front Porch Gallery “Spiral Bound: The Spiritual Journey of Aging” - Carlsbad, CA – Sep 2012

The Grand Guard

  • 2nd place at Road to California - Ontario, CA – Jan 2013