Maria Elkins

Category: Portraits

  • Work in progress: painting hair again

    Work in progress: painting hair again

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    I spent yesterday making a fresh start. I decided to get a fresh piece of fabric and paint the hair again. I started by going to my supply cabinets. I pulled out each of the paints and inks that I was willing to consider and I painted a sample. There were several important characteristics I…

  • Work in progress: painting hair

    Work in progress: painting hair

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    I started working on a new quilt. I was playing with the design last week, combining several photos of a dear friend who kindly agreed to pose for me. In my mind, I wanted to do a very loose, colorful, watercolor-like painting. I wanted to use my favorite Tsukineko All-Purpose inks, but in a different…

  • Bloggers’ Quilt Festival

    Bloggers’ Quilt Festival

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    Bloggers’ Quilt Festival :: Spring 2011 starts today! This is a fun opportunity to see loads of quilts without leaving the comfort of your own home. If you have a blog, I hope you might join in the fun, too. Since Mother’s Day was just a few days ago, I thought this would be a…

  • A Day to Remember

    A Day to Remember

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    Considering today’s current events, today is a good day to remember. To read the entire story behind this quilt, please go to this page.

  • I’m a calendar girl on my first blogiversary

    I’m a calendar girl on my first blogiversary

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    Today is my one year anniversary of starting my blog! I can’t believe I wrote 180 posts in that time. Today is also the first day of May, so thousands of people around the world are changing the page on their 2011 Quilting Arts calendar and seeing my “Strawberry Delight” quilt. (Unless, of course, they’re…

  • Published: Machine Quilting Unlimited

    Published: Machine Quilting Unlimited

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    I got the May 2011 issue of Machine Quilting Unlimited in the mail today, and I quickly flipped to the back page. There she is! Sheer Whim is the “Jaw Dropper” for that issue. Isn’t that exciting?!

  • Broken Dishes shout out

    Broken Dishes shout out

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    Wayne Kollinger gave me a very nice shout out on his blog today. He saw my “Broken Dishes” quilt and really liked it. Wayne has a great blog that explores traditional quilt blocks. He stretches and distorts them, plays with the coloring, and shows how to draft them. I felt an immediate kinship with his…

  • Quilting Daily

    Quilting Daily

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    Pokey Bolton gave me a nice shout out today! On her Quilting Daily blog she was talking about various ways to use digital images on quilts and she showed a picture of “Violinist” and talked about my “Making Faces” DVD Workshop. I had to giggle because she said I was “famous” and called my method…

  • Happy Birthday, DD#1

    Happy Birthday, DD#1

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    Today DD#1 turns 26. Wow. How did that happen? Memories are an interesting blend of “it seems just like yesterday” and “it’s all a blur.” I remember the wonder of it all as she grew within me. I remember the fear and trepidation as I left the hospital with her in my arms. She was…

  • SAQA Parlour Meeting

    SAQA Parlour Meeting

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    Today I had the opportunity to hostess a SAQA Parlour Meeting for the Southwest and Central Ohio regions. Despite an inch or two of snow, we had 27 people come and spend a few hours together. It is always so much fun to get a bunch of quilters together! I heard several people comment how…