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Kathy Mc Neil<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

www.kathymcneilquilts.com<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kathy will be teaching two two-day classes on landscape quilts. \u00a0She will also be a judge for the contest.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carolyn:\u00a0 <\/span>How many years have you been quilting? <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n \n\n

Kathy:<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span><\/span>Twelve years, waking up every morning wondering how many hours I can quilt today?<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n \n\n

\u00a0Carolyn:\u00a0 <\/span>What motivated you to start quilting?<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kathy:<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span><\/span>Charity quilts given to the patients at my hospital, have always captured my heart. Those geometric shapes intimidated me though.\u00a0When I discovered <\/span>applique<\/span><\/span> and pictorial quilting I became obsessed.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n \n\n

\u00a0Carolyn:\u00a0 <\/span>Where have you traveled in your quilting teaching career?<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n \n\n

Kathy:<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>All over the country. A nurse till the day I die, the surprise of becoming a quilting teacher in my “golden years” is a complete joy. I have learned so much and made so many wonderful friends.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n \n\n

\u00a0Carolyn:\u00a0 <\/span>What is the most, unusual, frightening, funny, frustrating experience you have had in your quilting career? \u00a0Kathy: Being put up in a tool shed loft, with no heat, and no running water. The loft was up a metal ladder into the ceiling, just high enough to crawl in. There was a mattress on the floor, with pitch dripping on my head. I was<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n\"\"\u00a0the guest instructor for a two day class. The program chairperson who invited me, lived in a house about 300 yards away and told me to come use her bathroom if I needed to get up in the night. Yes, I did stay there without complaint. I do not think the guild ever knew about the accommodations and thought I was staying in her house. I got a terrible cold when I left. It was October, cold an raining.<\/span><\/span>\n\n

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Carolyn:\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>What would be on your \u201cbucket list\u201d (like the movie) if you could do anything and money was no object?<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kathy:<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Save the Polar Bears. You said ANYTHING!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n

\u00a0Carolyn:\u00a0 <\/span>Who is your favorite author?<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n \n\n

Kathy:<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span><\/span>Jodi Picoult. Always a page turner. \u00a0She makes you look at difficult situations from all different perspectives.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0Carolyn:\u00a0 <\/span>What is the last book you read or are reading?<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n \n\n

Kathy:<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span><\/span>Forest Lover,<\/span><\/u> an Emily Carr Biography. She was one of the great female artists from the America’s. Independent, spirited and quite the adventurer for her time.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n \n\n

\u00a0Carolyn:\u00a0 <\/span>What is your birth order, only child, first, second, third, or ??<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n \n\n

Kathy:<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span><\/span>Third. The caretaker of the family.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n \n\n

\u00a0Carolyn:\u00a0 <\/span>Where did you grow up?<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n \n\n

Kathy:<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span><\/span>In a tiny logging community in the Mt. Baker National Forest. My back yard was a 10.000 acre forest. Drawing pictures from my fairy tale books and looking for animals was my favorite activity.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0Carolyn:\u00a0 <\/span>Where did you go to college?<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n \n\n

Kathy:<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span><\/span>St Lukes Nursing School in San Francisco. Registered nurse for 35 years and still working.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\"\"Carolyn:\u00a0 <\/span>Do you have children \u2013 grandchildren?<\/span> \n\n

Kathy:<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span><\/span>Four children, two adopted from Korea and one little Grand daughter born 2 months early, weighing 2 pounds. She is a whopping ten pounds now and 4 months old. Red hair.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n \n\n

\u00a0Carolyn:\u00a0 <\/span>Do you have any pets?\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n \n\n

Kathy:<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span><\/span>Chester, the Mountain High Hound. He showed up at our house, beaten, starving, at about 6 months old. The best dog in the world. Red hair.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n \n\n

\u00a0Carolyn:\u00a0 <\/span>What is your favorite food?<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kathy:<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span><\/span>Cheetos<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n \n\n

\u00a0Carolyn:\u00a0 <\/span>Do you have any other hobbies besides quilting?<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n \n\n

Kathy:<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span><\/span>Kayaking and hiking.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n \n\n

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