I have been rug hooking for about 25 years. I fell in love with hooked rugs at a folk art show in Wisconsin, I bought a kit at the show and wanted to learn how to hook as soon as possible, I loved hooked rugs, their texture, design and color.

I started my first lessons with Joyce Krueger, a rug hooking teacher in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, went to rug hooking camps or schools and took lessons from Lynn Raffensberger at a school in Iowa. I attended Green Mountain Rug School for 5 years. I was taught by Emma Lou Lais, Barbara Carroll, Jule Marie Smith. Jessie Turbayne and Hallie Hall to name a few. I also attended classes at The Woolley Fox, taking lessons from more great teachers. My rugs have been sold at several folk art shops, folk art museums and antique shops I have taught rug hooking classes in my home in Minnesota, California, Illinois, and Kentucky. I have also taught at a community college in Minnesota, an antique shop in Minnesota, a shop in California and shops in Kentucky.

My rugs have been sold at several folk art shops, folk art museums and at antique shops throughout the country. I have entered rugs for Early American Life's Directory three times and have been chosen three times for the directory. My rugs have been featured in The Wool Street Journal as well as Early American Life. I have sold my rugs at The Folk Art Show in St. Charles, Illinois, shows in Carmel California and the folk art show by David T Smith in Ohio.

When teaching I have always tried to teach my new students the technique of rug hooking and the use of color. I feel you can teach them about design and placement of color, but if they don't have the technique down, the rug won't be as beautiful.

I really would love to have people send me pieces of clothing or a very special woolen material to be used in their rug. This makes a rug, not just a hooked rug, but an heirloom. I have used many of my mom, dad's and grandpa's clothing in rugs that I have hooked for myself and for my family, these very personal pieces mean a great deal to me and my family. I know these personal pieces of material would add an heirloom quality to your rug, so I encourage people to use some of these pieces The pieces do not have to remain as is in color, I would over-dye them do go with the rest of the rug or use them as is if they lend beauty to the rug. I encourage any one who wants a rug to incorporate a piece or pieces of wool with special meaning to them, these then could be handed down through generations not only as a rug but as an heirloom.