I�ve been obsessed with patterns and color since I was a small child. I remember my grandmother, who was a painter, a quilter, and a fabric-lover, telling me once as I sat drawing at her kitchen table that I should be a fabric designer. It wasn�t until I became a surface pattern designer many years later that I remembered her remark and marveled at the fact that she was able to see my future so clearly. My mom taught me how to sew at a young age � she was a self-taught doll maker and is still to this day whipping up impressive projects on a whim and without a plan! � and I grew up surrounded by fabric.
My childhood and teen years were spent in my hometown of Boulder, Colorado. I then went to college in Ithaca, New York and moved back to Boulder for another 5 years after graduating; I also lived in Atlanta, Georgia for 5 years while my husband was in medical school and I now live in beautiful Portland, Oregon with a baby, a toddler and our two sweet cats. I work in a beautiful, sun-filled studio in my backyard, where I paint, design, and teach other creative people how to make their own repeating patterns through my online course and community, Pattern Camp.
I�m endlessly inspired by the natural world and its stunning variety of shapes and colors and textures; our man-made world inspires me, too, through, and travel (even if it�s just in my imagination!) is a go-to source of creative juju for me as well. My view is that there�s inspiration everywhere if you�re willing to look at the world that way!
