Maria Elkins

Category: Teaching

  • Decatur Quilt Fest

    Decatur Quilt Fest

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    I was priviledged to be the featured speaker for the Decatur Quilt Festival recently. It was sponsored by the Decatur Quilters Guild. They held their show at the Decatur Civic Center. It was such a beautiful venue to showcase the 300 quilts that were on display. They had even more quilts draped over the banister…

  • Diablo Valley Quilters

    Diablo Valley Quilters

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    On Tuesday, January 15, we drove up the coast to the next guild. I enjoyed the redwoods so much, we decided to do a little more sightseeing by driving through Big Basin Redwoods State Park where some of the trees are up to 375 feet high. I don’t think I will ever get tired of…

  • Pajaro Valley Quilt Association

    Pajaro Valley Quilt Association

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    No, I haven’t fallen off the edge of the earth. We just flew across country last week so I could put my tiptoes on the edge of the earth and look out over the sweet Pacific Ocean. What a treat! I was invited to go to California to speak and teach at two different guilds.…

  • Atlanta Quilt Festival

    Atlanta Quilt Festival

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    This past weekend sweet hubby and I took a lovely drive down to Georgia for the 2012 Atlanta Quilt Festival, sponsored by the Clara Ford Foundation. They invited me down to teach a workshop and to speak as part of their festival. What a treat! As soon as we entered the building, we were greeted…

  • Champaign Quilter’s Guild

    Champaign Quilter’s Guild

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    Sweet hubby and I had a wonderful time this morning with the Champaign Quilter’s Guild in Urbana, Ohio. Thank you, everyone, for the warm welcome! I love doing trunk shows. I encourage people to ask questions when they think of them, even if I’m in the middle of my presentation. I love to create a…

  • 2012 NQA – Playful Portrait class

    2012 NQA – Playful Portrait class

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    I think the Playful Portraits workshop is the one that had the most laughter overall. It was so much fun just letting go and choosing the wildest prints you could find. When someone hesitated, others joined in to encourage them to take the risk! Invariably, they were glad they made choices they might not have…

  • 2012 NQA – Fused Portrait class

    2012 NQA – Fused Portrait class

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    I was happy to be able to leisurely enjoy the show on Preview Night because once the workshops began, this is as close as I got to the show. These photos were taken from the balcony right outside my classroom. As much as I liked seeing all the quilts in the show, I had a…

  • 2012 NQA – Drawn and Painted Portraits class

    2012 NQA – Drawn and Painted Portraits class

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    The first class I taught at the 2012 NQA (National Quilting Association) show was Drawn and Painted portraits. This class is usually a challenge to teach. When I asked at the beginning of class, out of 22 students, I think only one person said they had done a portrait before. Added to that challenge, I…

  • Goodtime Quilters

    Goodtime Quilters

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    I spent a wonderful time with the Goodtime Quilters of Circleville, Ohio this past week. Thursday morning, I was invited to show a PowerPoint presentation and trunk show of my own quilts. I especially wanted to encourage them all to try new things and not be afraid of experimenting. The Goodtime Quilters were also the…

  • Spring 2012 Quilting Quarterly

    Spring 2012 Quilting Quarterly

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    The Spring 2012 issue of NQA’s Quilting Quarterly arrived in my mailbox last week. It spent several days sitting on my desk before I opened it. Emblazoned across the top of the page 9 says “Quilting with No Fear,” and below is a picture of me. Oh, dear! Me? No fear? I try to be…