As an abstract artist, I explore value, repetition, and contrast through quilt making. Designs emerge organically. I use a rotary cutter in lieu of pencil, creating lines and shapes as I go, each piece cut and created free hand. I must trust myself and what is emerging. I trust my own attraction to order while also welcoming the liberation of lines that aren’t straight and seams that don’t match. My quilt tops are pieced together by machine. The stitching which quilts the layers together is intentionally organic, linear, and dense.