In my family the kitchen is the place where several generations of women gathered to share old recipes and try new ones - all while imparting their life lesson on those of us coming up.

My quilts, made with images from abandoned cookbooks and magazines, show how over the last century, although styles have changed the basic goals of us kitchen denizens have not. We all have the desire to please both the palate and the eye and gain the love and admiration of family and friends - perhaps with an exciting new jell-o mold or with fancy recipes from the celebrated women of the day. Strong and warm as a quilt; fortifying as a well-balanced meal; and happy as a hen party in a sunny kitchen; these are some of the many kitchen themes that run through my "Marching Together" quilt.