The Gerta collection released in Fall 2009

Most of the pictures I drew inspiration from for my earlier lines were from my childhood and many are of my mother. She was such a powerful influence in my life and is one of the main reasons I work with fabric, she herself was a master seamstress. The first picture for my first collection ‘Gerta’ is of my mom, Gertrude, standing in front of my freshly laundered diapers with my fabrics substituted in. She looks as gleeful as I know she would be if she were still around to see my designs being produced. The collection is now out-of-print.

The Streamline collection released in Spring 2010

For Streamline, my mother Gerta is in our Streamline trailer - a permanent "tent" my husband gave me as a birthday present to sit on our forested property in Indiana. The collection is now out-of-print.

The Third in Line collection released in Fall 2010

Third in Line once again features my mother, Gerta, this time wearing my fabric. She always looked stylish and made many of her own clothes; I don’t doubt that she would have worn something like this to stand out in a crowd. The collection is now out-of-print.

the Shoreline collection released in spring 2011

Shoreline was a collection of 24 fabrics evoking colorful memories from the seaside. The picture for Shoreline is probably my favorite. Mom, my sister Sandy, and I on the beach at Cedar Point. My sister and I were wearing red and white checkered bathing suits which matched the red and white checked water tower we passed on our summer trips to Cedar Point. The collection is now out-of-print.

Line 5 released in Fall 2011

Line 5 features my dad in his army days. This picture was taken in Germany, the spotted graffiti fabric was named after we tried it on the wall. The collection is now out-of-print.

The Nouveau Chic collection released in Spring 2012

After temporarily depleting the family archives for inspiration I took a photo of our metal grate doormat, that we stepped across every day. It was this doormat that inspired the Nouveau Chic filigree patterns in the line. The collection is now out-of-print.