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Mary's family traveled west from
New York during her childhood.
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She grew up in southern California.
Today she shares a home in Berkeley with sister and fellow quilter, Roberta Horton.
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Westward Ho!
1989
72" x 81"
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Make-Believe Summer at the Beach
1987
75" x 81"
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Mary has two degrees in Home Economics and worked in and taught interior design where others paid her to practice making color and design decisions.
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She is a professionally trained teacher and has taught high school, community college, adult education, and for the California State Department of Education. In 1985 she graduated from San Francisco's Mercy High School for the twelfth and final time.
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Breakfast at Cafe Beaujolais
1990
40.5" x 57" |
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Farewell to Mercy
1986
56" x 71"
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As a full-time quilt teacher and author,
Mary has taught in 41 states, Canada, Denmark, Great Britain, Ireland, New Zealand, Spain, South Africa, and The Netherlands. |
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Night Noises: Londolozi
1991
62" x 62" |
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Checker Cab: New York City, 2:00 A.M.
1996
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Mary has been invited to appear at some wonderful quilt conferences. Here are a few:
International Quilt Festival/Houston, TX, 2011 (also 18 previous times)
International Quilt Festival/Long Beach, CA, 2011 (also 2 previous times)
International Quilt Festival/Chicago, IL, 2009 (also 3 previous times)
Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza, PA , 2009 (also 4 previous times)
Festival de Patchwork Internacional, Sitges, Spain, 2009
Pacific International Quilt Festival, CA, 2007 (also 8 previous times)
Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival, VA, 2007 (also 7 previous times)
Denver Quilt Festival, CO, 2006
Cedar Lakes Conference Center, WV, 2006, (also 2 previous times)
A Mountain Quiltfest, Pigeon Forge, TN, 2005
Rooted in Tradition: the Art Quilt Symposium, Golden, CO, 2005 - RMQM Website
Patchwork & Quilt Expo IX, Den Haag, The Netherlands, 2004
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Mary has exhibited her prize winning quilts at national conferences and juried shows such as Quilt National and Visions.
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Harajuku Street Fashion
2004
73" x 73"
Shown at Houston International Quilt Festival, Fall, 2004, and at the Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival, Spring, 2005
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She has also exhibited in several invitational shows.
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Mixed Greens
1998
57" x 57"
Women of Taste
Girls Incorporated, Smithsonian Traveling Exhibits |
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Roundabout Dots
2000
60" x 60"
Double Vision: Companions and Choices
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Mary has created 14 garments for the Bernina, Fairfield, and American Quilter Society fashion Shows.
Mary has organized and curated ten shows of quilts and/or garments. Several of these exhibitions have appeared in national and international venues.
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Gaijin
1986
48" x 90"
Gaijin: Quilters Visit Japan |
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Quake of '89
1989
43.5" 57.5" |
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Firestorm
1992
73" x 83" |
Mary attends Bernina National Artisan Retreats to
sharpen her machine skills.
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Mary with Hanspeter Ueltschi, President BERNINA
International AG. Switzerland, 12/06
Visit the BOOKS/QUILTS page to see more of Mary's work and learn about her books.
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