Maria Elkins

Month: November 2011

  • IQF portrait quilts, part 7

    IQF portrait quilts, part 7

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    Today wraps up the week of portrait quilts that I saw at the International Quilt Festival in Houston earlier this month. There were many more portrait quilts that I haven’t included here. Some were in exhibits where photography was prohibited. Some I just haven’t found in the volume of photos I took. I thought it…

  • IQF portrait quilts, part 6

    IQF portrait quilts, part 6

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    Another day of portrait quilts from the International Quilt Festival in Houston. All of the quilts I’ve shown you have been part of the judged competition. Wouldn’t you love to be a fly on that wall? I would be fascinated to hear the discussion that must go on between the judges when they are trying…

  • IQF portrait quilts, part 5

    IQF portrait quilts, part 5

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    I have a few more portrait quilts to share from the International Quilt Festival in Houston. If you’ve never been to Quilt Festival, there’s no way to imagine the vastness of it all. Sheer overload. I was at the show on Preview Night and the following two days. I could not see everything in that…

  • IQF portrait quilts, part 4

    IQF portrait quilts, part 4

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    Here are two more joy-filled quilts that I saw at the International Quilt Festival in Houston last week. Both are by artists that I eagerly look forward to seeing. I love seeing the work of Phyllis Cullen, and “Joy (Lovebirds Three)” is no exception. She uses raw edge applique to create wonderful artwork filled with…

  • IQF portrait quilts, part 3

    IQF portrait quilts, part 3

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    As I mentioned a couple days ago, I am particularly drawn to any quilt that features a person, so I’m sharing a few more of those photos with you. These were all taken at the 2011 International Quilt Festival in Houston. Marilyn Wall created an interesting piece called “Ohm.” She combined two manipulated photographs in…

  • IQF portrait quilts, part 2

    IQF portrait quilts, part 2

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    I have more people quilts to share with you from the International Quilt Festival in Houston. Hope you’ll enjoy then as much as I did. Tanya Brown won a second place in the Art-Painted Surface category with “Flooded.” She used watercolor and ink on cotton that was pretreated with soy milk. That’s a technique that…

  • IQF people and portrait quilts

    IQF people and portrait quilts

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    Whenever I go to a quilt show, I try to take a picture of every quilt that is a portrait or is figurative. I’m addicted. Some shows don’t have very many of them, but the International Quilt Festival in Houston last week had numerous people and portrait quilts. And, I had the priviledge of meeting…

  • What was I going to say?

    What was I going to say?

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    Someone asked me what I was going to say at the IQA Luncheon last Wednesday, if I didn’t have a melt down like I did. Yes, I really did have something in mind, but I accidentally left my brain behind when I walked to the podium. Plus, my eyes have a habit of leaking when…

  • Home from Houston

    Home from Houston

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    Yes, I was floating all week. It was a fairyland of quilts and compliments. A beautiful hotel room and delicious meals I didn’t have to cook. An attentive escort and a sea of friendly faces. Today I had to return to earth. We flew home. I still had fairy dust surrounding me, though. I couldn’t…

  • IQF Day 4

    IQF Day 4

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    I’m definitely feeling my age now. I remember coming to Quilt Festival ten years ago or so, and staying the entire day from the moment it opened to the moment it closed. Today, I wore myself out around 4, so I hopped on the shuttle bus and headed back to the hotel. I told sweet…