The Mastectomy is my first attempt at making a non-traditional quilt. Puzzle pieces depict the mammogram, horror at the diagnosis, surgery, recovery, refusing breast implants, and enjoyment of life in spite of a changed body.

Honors:

• Part of the Healing Legacies exhibit held in The Rotunda of the House of Representatives in Washington DC, October 1993.
• Award of Excellence at the International Quilt Festival in Houston 1994. Published in several magazines, brochures, newspapers, a book dealing with breast cancer, and also been used in scientific lectures by an oncologist as far away as Pakistan.