<%@LANGUAGE="JAVASCRIPT" CODEPAGE="65001"%> Kathy McNeil Quilts  2005-2008

Catrina's Firebird
44" x 63 1/2"
2003

 

 

Sold:  Collection of Catrina Millikan
 

Catrina's Firebird

 

It started with a phone call; " You need to have a mastectomy as soon as possible." Following months of physical and emotional recovery, treatments and sudden menopause, she feels reborn through breast reconstruction surgery. What a difference a year makes! Now she just wants to dance.

 

Awards:

2004PENNSYLVANIA NATIONAL QUILT EXTRAVAGANZA XI

INNOVATIVE: Best Machine Workmanship

 

Techniques:

  • Hand applique- both figures and the scroll work

  • Reverse applique- sleeves and mask

  • Trapunto and heirloom size stippling- red silk border

  • Threadplay- over the castle that was lined in metallic ink Machine quilted

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