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You are here: Home / Member Profiles & Gallery / Catherine McDonald, Prebbleton, New Zealand

Catherine McDonald, Prebbleton, New Zealand

E-mail: quiltmakers@ozquiltnetwork.org.au

My love of colour and fabric sees me create my own hand dyed and hand treated fabrics which I then use in my own work. The possibilities are endless to create original work.

Juried Exhibitions

  • 1999-2000 “home among the gum trees” CPS First quilt Exhibition of the Millennium, Christchurch NZ and 2000 The Pump House Auckland, NZ and Time Pieces exhibition Milwaukee, USA
  • 2007 “bushfire #1 and bushfire #2” Yarrawonga Exhibition, Victoria Australia
  • 2012-2013 “Thank you” Beneath the Southern Sky Exhibition – toured Aust, NZ, UK, USA, Sth Africa
  • 2015-2017 “I’m coming home” A Matter of Time exhibition – toured Aust, NZ, UK, USA
  • 2013 “Kia Kaha Christchurch” Changing Threads Nelson NZ
  • 2018 “Exploring Colour” Changing Threads Nelson NZ
  • 1991 – 2024 National NZ Symposia
  • 2004-2024 Aotearoa Quilters National exhibitions
  • 2019 NZ Exhibition Ailsa Craig, Canada

Judge

  • Nelson Quilt Exhibition
  • Auckland Festival of Quilts
  • Capital Quilters Exhibition
  • Canterbury Patchwork and Quilting exhibition
  • National Quilt Symposium 2022

Positions

  • 1999 – 2003 Co-convenor Christchurch National Quilt Symposium
  • 2010 -2016 President Aotearoa Quilters New Zealand
  • 2013 – 2017 Convenor Christchurch National Quilt Symposium
  • Life Member Christchurch Quilters 2012Life Member Aotearoa Quilters National Association of New Zealand 2017

Scorched Earth

Retail Price: A$1500
Dimensions: 160 x 138cm (H x W)
Statement: This piece talks about the resilient the earth is whether it has been hit by rain, fire or drought. Increasingly hot dry summers scorch the earth dry until the rains come and new growth occurs. With the right climate the earth will survive.   
Exhibitions:
NZ Quilt Symposium 2024 and The Great New Zealand Quilt Show 2025

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ART QUILT AUSTRALIA 2025

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Australia Wide Nine is on exhibition at @carrefour Australia Wide Nine is on exhibition at @carrefour_patchwork The Australia Wide exhibition program is a biennial series of exhibitions showcasing work by Ozquilt Network members that tours throughout Australia and sometimes internationally. See the Ozquilt Network for full artist credits. Video by @jarartist 

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Ozquilt Network proudly presents Australia Wide Ni Ozquilt Network proudly presents Australia Wide Nine, a juried members' touring exhibition, currently on display at the @carrefour_patchwork in France.

For further details and full artist credits, see the online gallery on the OZQN website.

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Art Quilt Australia 2025 features quilts by artist Art Quilt Australia 2025 features quilts by artists from across Australia and 2 artists from New Zealand. Seven artists attended the official opening at @yrrmuseum :

⭐️ @lindasteelequilts - winner of the OZQN Award of Execrllence
⭐️ Greg Somerville - winner of Expressions: The Wool Quilt Prize
⭐️ @dianne.firth 
⭐️ @cactusbron 
⭐️ @carol_textileart 
⭐️ @brendagaelsmith 
⭐️ @margery.goodall.about_art 

Art Quilt Australia 2025, including Expressions: The Wool Quilt Prize, is on exhibition at the Yarra Ranges Regional Museum Lilydale, Victoria until Sunday 12 October 2025. Opening hours: 10am – 4pm Wednesday to Sunday.

@nationalwoolmuseum #artquiltaustralia #artquiltaustralia2025 #aqa2025 #expressionswoolquiltprize #ozqnart
Awards ceremony from Art Quilt Australia 2025 at @ Awards ceremony from Art Quilt Australia 2025 at @yrrmuseum on Saturday 12 July.

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