Kathy MacCleary
has produced hundreds of quilts.
A selection of
about 20
are currently on display
at the
Gilbert Historical Museum's
The Art of Quilting Show
Scrap Happy #2
An original design (2011)
The floating 9-Patches are all
1-inch squares
Long arm quilting by Debbie Stanton
The Garden (2012)
This was Kathy's first attempt at
English Paper Piecing.
Hand Pieced and Hand Quilted.
Cattitude (2010)
Kathy said she decided to
"work outside her traditional box"
A wide variety of techniques
Kathy is known for her beautiful hand quilting.
She wrote:
"This was an exercise in free motion hand quilting,
if there is such a term."
Homespun Sampler (2011)
I could see how Kathy's precision
as a draftsman
comes through in
how all of her plaids
line up perfectly even.
On the cards accompanying each quilt,
Kathy shares with us some of the challenges she has experienced in life,
and how quilting has provided comfort and healing:
"The last 6-8 inches around the three sides were
had quilted after I lost the use of my right hand
from a small stroke. This was the perfect exercise
to get the use of my hand back."
These are just a small sampling of Kathy's quilts on display
at the Gilbert Museum.
To view more,
the show will be open through the end of May.
6 comments:
Those quilts are absolutely beautiful. I love the homespun sampler. What pattern did she use.
glad she got back the use of her hand after a stroke. She has beautiful quilts for sure!
Oh!! Cattitude takes my breath away. And I just love that little square dangling off the first quilt. :)
thaose are awesome!
Of course I love the garden. And scrap happy #2 just made me happy!
That floating 9 patch is fantastic. I love it.
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