Sheila is a Pittsburgh, PA native and she began her quilting journey in 2004 after a serious illness resulting in permanent motor and sensory nerve damage in 2000. With a grim prognosis for walking and using her hands, she began therapeutics to promote healing. She had great determination and dedication to physical and occupational therapy and regained some use of her hands, then she pulled herself up to her sewing machine and started creating.   

Sheila's lecture begins with being rushed to the hospital in 2000 and coming home with a motorized wheelchair learning to walk and use her hands again. It follows her journey of learning to use adaptive tools and techniques that can help many quilters. A PowerPoint with pictures of Sheila's journey and quilts will be shared. She brings at least 20 quilts from her very first, to her art quilts. A wonderful end to her lecture is that she is now a professional longarm quilter. The lecture is approximately one hour long with time for questions. 

Sheila's trunk show and lecture is inspiring and full of tips and beautiful quilts.