# Linda Macdonald

linda macdonald (born 1946, (Berkeley, California) is a multimedia artist who was at the forefront of the studio quilt art movements. She has been called a "fine artist [who works] with quilting techniques." == Early life == MacDonald grew up in a household with quilts but "took their presence for granted" along with other family skills such as "knitting, crochet, and dressmaking." As a child, MacDonald's "early successes were art-related." She competitively won the rank as "class artist" and teachers called on her when they "needed drawings for their classroom." She "learned to sew from her mother (as) clothing was expensive" and could more economically be made at home. == Studio art quilt movement == MacDonald was "aware of the national and California art scenes" as well as the 1965 beginnings of the studio art quilt movement, "an art form that uses traditional quilting techniques to create art objects." She chose to "forget all about it (the movement) and just work from (her) daily life (and) experiences." In retrospect, she, along with others such as Jean Ray Laury, Yvonne Porcella, and Therese May, drove the California art quilt revolution while others were doing the same thing in New England and Ohio.