Patricia began her love affair with fabric as a small child using leftover scraps of fabric to make her doll’s clothes... By taking apart the "store made" clothes, she learned to design and make her own, and continued to create and sew garments for her dolls and herself. Although she has always loved to draw and paint,  quilting became the artistic expression she finds most exhilarating and satisfying. Believing  her creativity and talents are gifts from God, she tries to use them in a way that  reflects her faith and gives glory to her Creator. Patricia is passionate about fabric, color  and quilt design and enjoys sharing her knowledge and  talents with others. She is known for her award-winning, intricately pieced and appliqued quilts which use traditional blocks and techniques in not-so-traditional ways.

Patricia’s quilts have been receiving awards since 1992 at many local, national and international quilting events and have been featured in many quilting publications. Her most widely recognized quilt, "Into His Light", won Best of Show and 1st Place at the National Quilting Assn.Show in 2005,  Best of Show at Marin Quilt Show in 2004, Best of Show at Pacific Int’l Quilt Festival in 2003, as well as many other awards from other shows.  It is featured in the Fall 2005 issue of the Nat’l Quilting Assn. Quarterly magazine and was the "Photo Finish" in Quilter’s Newsletter Magazine April 2004. "Asante Sana Yesu", her most recent work,  has already received several awards, including   1st place Traditional Pieced Wall  at the NQA Show in 2006,  3rd PlaceTraditional Pieced at the IQA Show-Houston 2005, 3rd Place at Indiana Heritage 2005 and Best Piecework at Pacific Int’l XIII in 2004. It is featured on the back cover of the the Winter 2006 issue of the Nat’l Quilting Assn. Quarterly magazine.   If you would like to see her quilts and a complete list of the awards they have won and publications which have featured them, please visit her gallery. Teaching quiltmaking professionally since 1994,  Patricia also enjoys teaching young people the art of quilting.  She hopes to continue the art and legacy of quilting for the next generation.  She is the designer and creator of the X-BlocksTM Rotary Cutting Tool. This exciting technique creates many different designs from simple blocks or strips and makes spectacular quilts that look complex but are amazingly quick and easy!  Patricia also designed a line of X-Blocks patterns to be used with the tool, and thus her business, Quilt Queen Designs was born.  The entire line of Quilt Queen Designs products can be viewed on the X-Blocks page of this site.   Patricia loves to travel and is available for classes, workshops, retreats and lectures.