Mary's family traveled west from New York during her childhood.

Westward Ho!
1989
72" x 81"
She grew up in southern California. Today she shares a home in Berkeley with sister and fellow quilter, Roberta Horton.

Make-Believe Summer at the Beach
1987
75" x 81"
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.

Breakfast at Cafe Beaujolais
1990
40.5" x 57"
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.

Farewell to Mercy
1986
56" x 71"
As a full-time quilt teacher and author, Mary has taught in 41 states, Canada, Denmark, Great Britain, New Zealand, South Africa, Ireland, and The Netherlands.

Night Noises: Londolozi
1991
62" x 62"

Checker Cab: New York City, 2:00 A.M.
1996
64" x 64"

Mary has been invited to appear at some wonderful quilt conferences. Here are a few:

International Quilt Festival/Chicago, 4/2009 (also 3 previous time)
International Quilt Festival/Long Beach, 7/2009 (also 1 previous time)
Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza, Fort Washington, PA, 9/2009
International Quilt Festival/Houston, 2008 (also 16 previous times)
Pacific International Quilt Festival, 2007 (also 8 previous times)
Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival, VA, 2007 (also 7 previous times)
Denver Quilt Festival, 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
Mary has exhibited her prize winning quilts at national conferences and juried shows such as Quilt National and Visions.

Harajuku Street Fashion
2004
73" x 73"

Shown at Houston International Quilt Festival, Fall, 2004, and at the Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival, Spring, 2005
She has also exhibited in several invitational shows.

Mixed Greens
1998
57" x 57"

Women of Taste
Girls Incorporated
Smithsonian Traveling Exhibits

Roundabout Dots
2000
60" x 60"

Double Vision: Companions and Choices
Rod Buffington
Mary has created 14 garments for the Bernina, Fairfield, and American Quilter Society fashion Shows.

Miyake Stripes (left)

Shibui Stripes and Dots (lower right)

Off the Shelf Stripes (lower left)
Mary has organized and curated ten shows of quilts and/or garments. Several of these exhibitions have appeared in national and international venues.

Gaijin
1986
48" x 90"

Gaijin: Quilters Visit Japan

Quake of '89
1989
43.5" 57.5"

Quake of '89

Firestorm
1992
73" x 83"

Firestorm
Mary attends Bernina National Teacher 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.