History Outside the Box
Awards & Exhibits
Awards, Quilt Shows, Museum/Gallery Exhibitions, Previous Programs
Awards
Show: Clay County Fair, Spencer, Iowa “World’s Greatest County Fair,” 2017
Quilt: Prince, Minnesota’s Musical Legacy
Awards: First Place Blue Ribbon, Mixed Technique and “Best of the Blues”
Lavender Ribbon for Outstanding Work
Show: Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival, 2015
Quilt: Pete Falk and His Gas Station: History, Legend & Lore
Award: Blue Ribbon, Best Use of Embellishments, Innovative
Juried & Judged International Quilt Shows
World Quilt New England, 2016
Quilt: Crazy Horse Tasunke Witco: A Photographic History
AQS (American Quilter’s Society) QuiltWeek,
Syracuse, New York, 2015
Quilt: Ojibwe Jingle
Juried & Judged National Quilt Shows
Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival, 2021
(Visuals #3, COVID-19 Pandemic Virtual Quilt Competition)
Quilt: Let Them Eat Cake
Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival, 2018
Quilt: Prince, Minnesota’s Musical Legacy
Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival, 2015
Quilt: Pete Falk and His Gas Station: History, Legend & Lore
Denver National Quilt Festival, 2014
Quilt: Ojibwe Jingle
Denver National Quilt Festival, 2013
Quilt: Dakota 38
Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival, 2012
Quilt: Prairie Ablaze!
Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza, 2011
Quilts: Grandma’s House; Tasunke
Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival, 2010
Quilt: Good Morning Sunshine
Judged Quilt Shows
Clay County Fair, Spencer, Iowa “World’s Greatest County Fair,” 2017
Quilt: Prince, Minnesota’s Musical Legacy
MQ (Minnesota Quilters) Quilt Show, 2015
Quilt: Pete Falk and His Gas Station: History, Legend & Lore
Special Exhibits/Tours
Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival, 2019
Exhibit: Dreispitz Collection
The Quilt Fest of New Jersey, 2015
Award Winning Quilts of the 2015 Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival
My Quilt: Pete Falk and His Gas Station: History, Legend & Lore
Museum/Library/Gallery Exhibition
Fairfax County Public Library, Thomas Jefferson Branch, Fairfax, Virginia, January 22, 2022
Solo Presentation
History Outside the Box, Indigenous with T Carter & Joe Gaines
Quilts: Indigenous Collection
Remick Gallery
Cottonwood County Historical Society,
Windom, Minnesota, May 6—September 1, 2018
Solo Show, Opening Presentation and Closing Presentation
Exhibit: Minnesota Memories
Quilts: Grandma’s House; Little House on the Prairie Nine-Patch;
Prairie Ablaze!; Mato Paha; When Buffalo Fly!; Dakota 38;
Loon Creek; Ojibwe Jingle; 10,000 Lakes; Mallard Lake;
Autumn Gathering; Little Pheasant on the Prairie; Tom the Turkey;
Lydia; Pete Falk and His Gas Station: History, Legend & Lore;
Prince, Minnesota’s Musical Legacy; and the Dreispitz Collection—
13 quilts and 1 apron.
Mountain Lake Public Library, Mountain Lake, Minnesota, 2015
Solo Exhibit
Quilt: Pete Falk and His Gas Station: History, Legend & Lore
George Mason University, Native American and Indigenous Alliance,
Fairfax, Virginia, 2013
Solo Exhibit and Presentation
Quilt: Dakota 38
Blue Earth County Historical Society, Heritage Center Art Gallery,
Mankato, Minnesota, 2012
Solo Presentation, Group Exhibit
Exhibit: Discover the Dakota Culture & Heritage. The Dakota – US War of 1862.
Quilt: Dakota 38
Minnesota Historical Society,
Jeffers Petroglyphs Historic Site, Comfrey, Minnesota, 2012
Solo Exhibit Quilt: Prairie Ablaze!
Non-Judged Quilt Shows
Quilters Unlimited of Northern Virginia, 2021
(COVID-19 Pandemic Virtual Quilt Show)
Quilt: Let Them Eat Cake
Quilters Unlimited of Northern Virginia, 2020
(COVID-19 Pandemic Virtual Quilt Show)
Quilts: Prince, Minnesota’s Musical Legacy; Resist! Woman’s March 2017;
Sacred Cottonwood.
Quilters Unlimited of Northern Virginia, 2018
Quilt: Prince: the Hits & the B-sides
Quilters Unlimited of Northern Virginia, 2017
Quilts: Pete Falk and His Gas Station: History, Legend & Lore; Lydia;
Autumn Gathering; Mallard Lake
Quilters Unlimited of Northern Virginia, 2016
Quilts: Crazy Horse Tasunke Witco: A Photographic History;
Day of the Dead (Día de Muertos): A Self-Portrait
Quilters Unlimited of Northern Virginia, 2015
Quilts: Dakota 38; 10,000 Lakes; Kiss Kiss XOXO
Quilters Unlimited of Northern Virginia, 2014
Quilts: Ojibwe Jingle; Loon Creek; Dreaming in a Winter Wonderland
Quilters Unlimited of Northern Virginia, 2013
Quilts: Buffalo Camp; When Buffalo Fly!; Mato Paha
Quilters Unlimited of Northern Virginia, 2012
Quilts: Huckle-Bearies; My Heart’s in the Hills
Quilters Unlimited of Northern Virginia, 2011
Quilts: Grandma’s House; Tasunke
Previous Programs and Classes
Quilters Unlimited, Chantilly, Virginia, Quilt Show Faculty
George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
Cottonwood County Historical Society, Windom, Minnesota
Blue Earth County Historical Society, Mankato, Minnesota
Hollin Hall Senior Center, Alexandria, Virginia
Embroiderers’ Guild of America, Washington, D.C.
River Country Quilters, Gloucester, Virginia
Sisters’ Choice Quilters, Falls Church, Virginia
Friendship Star Quilters Guild, Gaithersburg, Maryland
Four County Quilters Guild, Mt. Airy, Maryland
Mount Vernon Quilters Unlimited, Alexandria,
Virginia Burke Quilters Unlimited, Burke, Virginia
Haymarket Quilters Unlimited, Haymarket, Virginia
Lake Quilters' Guild, Smith Mountain Lake, Virginia
TOVA (Top of VA) Quilters Guild, Middletown, Virginia
Tavern Quilt Guild, Reedville, Virginia
Lebanon Quilters Guild, Lebanon, Pennsylvania
Reston Quilters Unlimited, Reston, Virginia
Olde Kent Quilt Guild, Chestertown, Maryland
Fairfax County Public Library, Thomas Jefferson Branch, Fairfax, Virginia
Siouxland Samplers Quilt Guild, Sioux City, Iowa
Apple Valley Needle Threaders, Berryville, Virginia
Star Quilter, Roanoke, Virginia
Quilting on the Line, Fawn Grove, Pennsylvania
Brandon Quilt Guild, Brandon, South Dakota
Calvert County Quilt Guild, Prince Frederick, Maryland
Waterford Quilters Guild, Waterford, Virginia
Peninsula Piecemakers Quilt Guild, Newport News, Virginia
Mid-Appalachian Quilters, Inc., (MAQ), Gettysburg College, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Red Rose Quilters Guild, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Green Spring Gardens, Alexandria, Virginia
Annandale Quilters Unlimited, Falls Church, Virginia
Fairfax County Public Library, Thomas Jefferson Branch, Fairfax, Virginia
Siouxland Samplers Quilt Guild, Sioux City, Iowa
Apple Valley Needle Threaders, Berryville, Virginia
Star Quilter, Roanoke, Virginia
Quilting on the Line, Fawn Grove, Pennsylvania
Brandon Quilt Guild, Brandon, South Dakota
Calvert County Quilt Guild, Prince Frederick, Maryland
Waterford Quilters Guild, Waterford, Virginia
Peninsula Piecemakers Quilt Guild, Newport News, Virginia
Mid-Appalachian Quilters, Inc., (MAQ), Educational Seminar Instructor, Gettysburg College, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Red Rose Quilters Guild, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Green Spring Gardens, Alexandria, Virginia
Annandale Quilters Unlimited, Falls Church, Virginia
Southern Comforters, Bowie, Maryland
Frontier Culture Museum, Staunton, Virginia
American Sewing Guild, Northern Virginia Chapter
Bayside Quilters of the Eastern Shore, Trappe, Maryland
Flying Geese Quilt Guild, Bel Air, Maryland
Colonial Piecemakers Quilt Guild, Norge, Virginia
