Katie began learning embroidery at her mother's arm in the ’90s. She explored many media as she grew but returned to embroidery as an adult, as it was a comfortable medium for being couch-bound by the debilitating effects of endometriosis.

Katie's embroidery art ranges from the architectural to the sarcastic, floral to neurological. Her renditions of her husband's brain scans during the course of his epilepsy can be found in the Opal Age Review.

"All the Marbles I Have Lost" is a multilayered abstraction. The 1500 knots proliferate, not unlike disease. The title is a loving reference to her work as an English Language Arts teacher.

When she is not stitching, she enjoys exploring the Pacific Northwest Wonderland with her dog Zelda.