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Biography
Kathy grew up in Ohio where she was introduced to sewing through 4-H. She sewed clothing for many years for herself and her children. While her youngest daughter was a competitive gymnast, she made and sold work-out and competition leotards and costumes. In addition to being a wife and mom, she taught first grade, was a literacy instructor for adult new readers and a district curriculum coordinator prior to her retirement.
Kathy’s passion and avocation have been sewing since she was twelve years old. In the late 1980s, Kathy was introduced to quilting through an appliqué class. From that simple beginning, her work has evolved from a traditional form to a more artistic format. She is primarily self-taught, but has taken classes from many internationally known textile artists. In addition, she has participated in painting and drawing classes from local artists. Since her redirection (or retirement) from education in 2002, Kathy has enjoyed experimenting with a wide range of fabrics and techniques in both traditional and non-traditional ways. Currently her interests are landscapes, flowers, wearable art, fabric manipulation, creating her own painted and dyed fabric and working in mixed media with textiles, threads, paints and embellishments. She looks to nature for her inspiration, photographing the flowers in her garden or beautiful landscapes around her home or in her travels. Her work is more representational than abstract, although she is beginning to experiment with some abstract expression.
In 1999, Kathy’s wallhanging, “Manatee Mama and Baby,” was selected as part of a display on Endangered Species exhibited at the New England Quilt Museum in Lowell, Massachusetts. Her wearable art and art quilts have been juried into national shows. Other venues have included Old Naples Seaport Aquarium, Naples, Florida; the McKown Square Gallery in Boothbay Harbor, Maine; Gallery One in Old Orchard Beach, Maine; Nabos in Kennebunkport, Maine; Mainely Quilts at the Waldo Emerson Inn in Kennebunk, Maine; and the Purple Cactus in New Harbor, Maine. She has quilts in each of the schools in Old Orchard Beach and in private collections throughout the country.
Kathy lives in Old Orchard Beach, Maine, with her husband and Labrador retriever, Hunter. They have two daughters, one in Florida and one in Maine, one foster daughter in California, and four grandchildren.
Teaching/Lecturing:
- Sampler Quilt designed for beginning quilters
- Hand and/or Machine Appliqué
- Mystery Quilts
- Stack/Slash with variations
- Machine quilting
- Available to do trunk shows of art quilts and wearables
Awards:
- Honorable Mention, Silk Elegance (Tibetan vest outfit), IQA Stitch in Time luncheon, November 2007
- Second Place, Funky Vest Challenge, Machine Quilters Expo, 2007
- Teacher Award, Leather Coat Outfit, Machine Quilters Expo, 2007
- Third Place, Daffodil, Maine Quilts, 2006
- First Place, Step into the Colors of the World, Maine Quilts, 2005
- Second Place, Poppin’ Poppies, Maine Quilts, 2005
- First Place/Best Amateur Entry, Denim Around the World, Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival, Winter 2005
- Second Place, From the Beach I and II, Maine Quilts, 2004
- First Place, Sunflowers - Maine Women in the Arts Annual Awards Show, Spring 2004
- Second Place, When I Grow Old (three piece outfit)– East Coast Quilters’ Alliance, Fall 2002
- Juried into American Quilters Society Fashion Show, Paducah, KY – When I Grow Old, 2002
- Honorable Mention, Manatee Mama and Baby – Maine Quilts, Summer 2000
Exhibitions 2007:
- Journal Quilt Page, IQA, Houston, TX
- “Rocky Coast Sunrise,” juried into International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX
- “Snow Birches,” National Small Art Quilt Works Exhibit, Main St. Gallery, Groton, NY
- “Sunflowers”, invitational exhibit at Earlville Opera House, Earlville, NY
- Poppy and Black Album juried into Images, Lowell Quilt Festival, Lowell, MA
- Women’s Auxiliary Association Art Show, Prouts Neck, Maine
- Wrinkles in Time: Historic Quilts to Art Quilts, Saco Museum, Saco, Maine
- MicrosCosmos 2007, Tims Art Quilt Studio/Gallery, LaVeta CO, juried show – Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
- River Tree Center for the Arts, Kennebunk, ME, Spring Tide, juried show
- Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival/wearable art; Hampton, Virginia (juried show)
- Maine Women in the Arts; 4 annual shows in Kennebunkport/Kennebunk, Maine
- Art Guild of Kennebunk; 3 annual shows in Kennebunkport, Maine
- A Page From My Journal; IQA, Chicago; Houston, TX
- Hoffman Challenge, part of traveling exhibit in 2006-07 (juried show)
Exhibitions 2006:
- Hoffman Challenge, part of traveling exhibit in 2006-07 (juried show)
- Prelude to Spring, River Tree Center for the Arts, Kennebunk, Maine (juried show)
- Quilters Heritage, Lancaster, Pennsylvania (juried show)
- Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival/wearable art; Hampton, Virginia (juried show)
- Maine Women in the Arts; 4 annual shows in Kennebunkport/Kennebunk, Maine
- Art Guild of Kennebunk; 3 annual shows in Kennebunkport, Maine
- Saco Bay Artists Gallery, Artist of the Month (May 3-June 6)
- A Page From My Journal; IQA, Chicago, Lyons, France and Lowell, Massachusetts
- Women’s Auxiliary Association Art Show, Prouts Neck, Maine
- Gallery One, Old Orchard Beach, Maine
- Purple Cactus Gallery, New Harbor, Maine
- Vermont Quilt Festival
- Maine Quilts, Daffodil, 3rd place
- Images, Lowell Quilt Festival – Sunflowers part of special exhibit of Marilyn Belford and her Students
- Seacoast Area Fiber Artists, Red Barn Gallery – part of Maine Fiber Arts Tour, August 2006
- Saco Bay Artists, annual awards show at the Saco Museum; honorable mention (juried show)
- Milling About Again, annual show at New Dam Mill, Biddeford, Maine (juried show)
Exhibitions 2005:
- Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival/wearable art; Hampton, Virginia (juried show)
- A Walk in the Garden; Antigo, Wisconsin (juried show)
- Hoffman Challenge, part of traveling exhibit in 2005-06 (juried show)
- Kieko and Friends: Art Quilts; Kavanagh Gallery, St. Charles, IL (juried show)
- Gallery One; Old Orchard Beach, Maine
- Maine Quilts, Augusta, Maine; Colors Around the World, first place and Poppin’ Poppies, second place
- A Page From My Journal; IQA, Houston, Texas
- Women’s Auxiliary Association Art Show, Prouts Neck, Maine
- Maine Women in the Arts; 3 annual shows in Kennebunkport/Kennebunk, Maine
- Art Guild of Kennebunk; 3 annual shows in Kennebunkport, Maine
Exhibitions 2004:
- Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival/wearable art; Williamsburg, Virginia; First Place Amateur Division (juried show)
- Boothbay Harbor Quilt Festival, Boothbay, Maine (juried show)
- Maine Quilts, Augusta, Maine; second place
- Women’s Auxiliary Association Art Show, Prouts Neck, Maine
- Maine Women in the Arts; 3 annual shows in Kennebunkport/Kennebunk, Maine
Exhibitions 2003:
- Mid Atlantic Wearable Art Festival; Williamsburg, Virginia; honorable mention (juried show)
- Maine Women in the Arts; 3 annual shows in Kennebunkport/Kennebunk, Maine
Exhibitions – other:
- American Quilters Society/wearable art (2002); Paducah, Kentucky (juried show)
- Under the Sea (2002), The Quilt and Sewing Fest, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina (juried show)
- Endangered Species (1999); New England Quilt Museum. Lowell, MA (juried show)
- Made to Wear (2004, 2002, 2000). Quilters Gathering. Westport, Massachusetts (juried show)
- Vermont Quilt Festival
- Old Naples Seaport Aquarium, Naples, Florida
- Old Orchard Beach Town Hall
- Dyer Library, Saco, Maine
For additional information or to view/discuss her work, contact Kathy at klee@maine.rr.com.
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