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Solo Exhibition
Cannon Beach Oregon  Historical Museum
April 19th to July 19th

Appliqué Patterns!

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Gone Fishin',
Best of Show, PIQF 2007

Gone Fishin' by Kathy McNeil
To be displayed at the Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum    Spring/Summer 2008

Look for
"The Meeting Place"
in the
December Issue of

Quilter's Newsletter!

Kathy McNeil

6813 Totem Beach Road
Tulalip, WA 98271
360-659-4002

walrusdesigns@aol.com

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Biography

 

Kathy McNeil, a quilt artist, teacher, judge and designer is passionate about the health benefits of creativity. A registered nurse for 35 years, events from her life inspire her Pictorial quilted paintings. She is 55 years old and is married to the same wonderful guy that she fell in love with at the age of two. She has 4 children, two adopted from Korea. 

 

Kathy loves traveling and teaching nationally about the creative process. She designs animal appliqué patterns and exhibits widely in international competition. She has won many awards. Her quilts have been featured in museums, magazines, calendars and the AQS website. Four of the county’s top Quilt Museum’s have exhibited her work in solo shows. Many of her quilts are in private collections.

 


Artist's Statement

 

Quilts have been the medium for many centuries and in many cultures for women to express their own artistic vision, to give their life color, to make political or social statements, and to preserve family stories. My work is energized and inspired by this rich tradition. I get to combine the elements of painting with the tactile and emotional response we all have to fabric.


Resumé

 

Museums:

Publications:

  • Quilt Magazine: Gone Fishin'   Spring Issue 2008

  • Appliqué Society: Interview January 2007

  • Quilter’s Newsletter Magazine: 2002 December cover Photo

  • AQS Engagement Calendar 2005, 2007

  • Paducah Sun: October 2004

  • Quilter’s Newsletter Magazine: April 2007, May 2004, January 2004,

    December 2003 Photo Finish

  • American Quilter: Spring 2007,  Winter 2003

  • Adoption Today, August 2006

  • Paducah Sun: October 2004

  • Everett Herald:  November 2003

  • International Quilt Association:  2002 Catalogue

  • Storm at Sea New Quilts from Old Favorites: Book AQS 2000

National and International Awards:

  • Much Ado About Nothing
    First Place "Mixed Techniques" Road to California, 2008

  • Finders Keepers
    Best Pictorial,  Road to California, 2008

  • Walk With Me
    Honorable Mention:  AQS  2nd Annual Online Quilt Contest, 2008

  • Gone Fishin’
    Best of Show 2007 Pacific International Quilt Festival
    2nd place Pictorial Quilters Heritage 2007

  • Courage
    First Place Professional. The AppliquéSociety show 2007
    Best Wall Quilt: Quilt Odyssey 2006 Mixed Techniques
    Mayor's Choice Quilting on the Waterfront 2006

  •  Sagacious Sisters  
    2nd Place ~ Group Category,
    American Quilter's Society Paducah Show 2006

  • Sometimes I Wish,
    Pacific International Quilt Festival,
    2005 Best Wall Quilt

  • Night Before Christmas
    Road to California National Show 2005 - 2nd place
    The Appliqué Society Quilt Show 2005 - 2nd  Place
    Place Vermont Quilt Festival 2005 - 2nd Place
    Quilt Odyssey 2005 - 3rd Place Wall    

  • Catrina’s Firebird
    Pennsylvania National 2004 – Best Machine Quilting

  • Mother India
    Pennsylvania National 2004 – Wall Quilts 3rd place

  • Ode to the Wind and Waves
    AQS 2000 Storm at Sea, New Quilts from Old Favorites – 4th place

  • Memories of You and Me
    Indiana Heritage Wall Quilt 2002 – 2nd place

  • Christmas in the Forest
    Mid Atlantic Quilt Show 2002 - Viewers choice
    Road to California Show 2002 - Outstanding full size quilt, 1st place

  • Tudor Romance
    Innovations 2005 - First Place, Teachers Category
    The Appliqué Society 2005 - 1st Place
    TAS Viewers Choice 2005
    Quilter’s Newsletter Magazine Heritage Contest. 2001
    Exhibited
    at the International Quilt show in Barcelona, Spain; accompanied the yearlong National tour of the exhibit.

  • Dallas Quilt Celebration 2003 - Honorable Mention
    Pennsylvania National Quilt show 2003 – 2nd Place
    A.Q.S. engagement calendar 2005

  • The Nutcracker
    Pacific International Quilt show 2002 - Best Pictorial

  • Deviance
    Quilt Odyssey 2002 - Honorable mention
    Road to California show 2003  - 2nd place Innovative Wall Quilts

Nationally ranked Quilt Instructor and Lecturer

Curator

Professional:

  • Quilt show Judge. National Mid West show 2007

  • Sydney Art Museum, WA

  • Continuing Education on Judging Certification-2004

 

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