Collection Statement
I come from people who were enslaved, and from people who were Native American (Catawba Nation) — two lineages that understood, in their own ways, what it meant to survive, to resist, and to pass wisdom forward through the work of their hands. I am the living continuation of that story.

My grandmother and great-grandmother — women born in the early 1900s and late 1800s — made quilts that I still wrap around myself today. When I touch that fabric, I am touching them. I am touching something that words could never fully hold. For my family, quilts were never just cloth. They were memory, necessity, prayer, and love made tangible.

I quilt myself. I understand the patience it demands — the way each stitch is a small act of intention. When I discovered soft and oil pastels as a medium, I found a way to extend that same intimacy onto paper. The layering, the softness, the slow building of color, the mess — it mirrors the quilt-making that I love.

The North Star Print Collection is deeply personal. It is my way of honoring the women who came before me, the coded language they stitched into cloth, and the freedom they dared to imagine. Every print carries their hands in it.

I am because they were.

A Little History About the North Star Block Inspired by the folklore of the Underground Railroad, the North Star quilt block carried two sacred messages — prepare to move, and follow the light north toward freedom. This collection honors that quiet courage stitched into cloth. Rendered in soft pastels, each fine art archival print captures the warmth, hope, and resilience woven into this powerful symbol.

Collection available for collectors on June 12th