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Thread, fabric, scissors, sewing machines and love of complex patterning.
Quiltmaker Spring 2026 Digital Edition | Quilting Daily
Quiltmaker Spring 2026 Digital Edition | Quilting Daily
Podcast Quilter on Fire Episode #237 with Maria Shell
Podcast Quilter on Fire Episode #237 with Maria Shell
Write a Review! Love the show? Your 5-star review on Apple or Google helps other quilters discover these amazing stories! It takes 30 seconds but means the world to our guests who've shared their hearts with us. Plus, you'll make this podcaster do a little happy dance – ...
Podcast Episode #300: Maria Shell - Craft Industry Alliance
Podcast Episode #300: Maria Shell - Craft Industry Alliance
QuiltFolk ALASK Issue 36–Coupon Code MariaQF36
QuiltFolk ALASK Issue 36–Coupon Code MariaQF36
Issue 36 | Alaska SOLD OUT 164 pages Advertisement free 100% money-back promise Printed in the USA Select Issue 36: Alaska as your FREE bonus issue when you subscribe. Subscribe Alaska is known as The Last Frontier for good reason. It’s more than twice the size of Texas, with landscapes that stretch from temperate rainforests to icy […]
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Round & Round–June 2026–Virtual Workshop
Round & Round–June 2026–Virtual Workshop
This workshop is all about playing with concepts of radial symmetry within the classic me-dallion quilt structure. Students will learn about medallions and how many cultures use this structure in their societies, how to piece improv units so that they are approximately the same size and will fit together to form a border, how to do intuitive math, and how to create asymmetrical symmetry, while stitching a super satisfying medallion masterpiece.
Color Concepts for Quilters–June 2026–Virtual
Color Concepts for Quilters–June 2026–Virtual
Fat Curves & Skinny Lines–June 2026–Virtual Workshop
Fat Curves & Skinny Lines–June 2026–Virtual Workshop
PROMPTOPIA-July 2026-Virtual Workshop
PROMPTOPIA-July 2026-Virtual Workshop
PROMPTOPIA 2026 $1,250 Thursdays 6PM—9PM Eastern Standard Time July 2 & 16, August 6 & 20, September 3 & 17, October 1 & 22, November 5 & 19, December 3 & 17, 2026. Promptopia is a uniquely designed workshop—each month you get a NEW prompt that is designed to get your improv juices flowing as well as expand your technical and composition skills. There are rules, but they are liberating! Students can expect an active and dynamic private Facebook community, detailed and motivating quilt design exercises, fun and informative conversations about art, design, and quilts, a peer posse, guest artists who will share their process in creating their quilt based on the design exercise, feedback and consultation sessions, and a Virtual Prompt Party! FOr more information check out Maria’s Youtube video on the class. Each session is RECORDED and will be available for students viewing for approximately six months.
Big Botany–July 2026-Virtual Workshop
Big Botany–July 2026-Virtual Workshop
Big Botany—LIVE Virtual Workshop $250 6PM-9PM EST Tuesdays, July 7, 14, 21, and 28, 2026 Working from several sources of inspiration grounded in the natural world, students will work through a design process that emphasizes sketching, developing color palettes, creating pattern, and problem solving organic construction issues. Each session is RECORDED and will be available for students viewing for approximately six months. Quilt by Wendy White
Improv for Everyone–Mystery Improv–July 2026-Virtual Workshop
Improv for Everyone–Mystery Improv–July 2026-Virtual Workshop
SEW FUN–July–Live and In Person in Alaska
SEW FUN–July–Live and In Person in Alaska
Circle and Curve Sampler Weekend Intensive-August 2026 | Maria ShellCircle and Curve Sampler Weekend Intensive-August 2026 –Virtual Workshop
Circle and Curve Sampler Weekend Intensive-August 2026 | Maria ShellCircle and Curve Sampler Weekend Intensive-August 2026 –Virtual Workshop
Circle & Curve Sampler—Virtual Workshop $150 1PM-5PM EST Saturday & Sunday, August 22 & 23, 2026 A complete discussion of all the ways you can improvisation-ally PIECE circles and curves. From braided curves to log cabin circles, students will be led through a series of demos about non-linear improvisational piecing techniques and ideas for taking these techniques and creating original quilts. Each session is RECORDED and will be available for students viewing for approximately six months.
Game of Improv–September 2026–Live and In-Person in KS
Game of Improv–September 2026–Live and In-Person in KS
Big Botany–Live and In-Person–Hudson River Valley-October 2026
Big Botany–Live and In-Person–Hudson River Valley-October 2026
Game of Improv Weekend Intensive-December 2026 | Maria ShellGame of Improv Weekend Intensive-December 2026 – Virtual Workshop
Game of Improv Weekend Intensive-December 2026 | Maria ShellGame of Improv Weekend Intensive-December 2026 – Virtual Workshop
GAME OF IMPROV Weekend Intensive Saturday & Sunday December 5 & 6 9AM—1PM Alaska Time (1PM-5PM Eastern Time) $150 Improv piecing is a method of creating that involves work, chance, technique, exploration, and tenacity. We are going to explore all of these things within the perimeters of a game. Roll the dice, spin the wheel, pick your category. This workshop is a full exploration of letting go of expectations and embracing the unknown. THIS CLASS IS A BOGO FOR A FRIEND. You sign up and add your friends name and email in the notes. Each session is RECORDED and will be available for students viewing for approximately six months.
Improv for Everyone–Strips & Stripes–January 2027–Virtual Workshop
Improv for Everyone–Strips & Stripes–January 2027–Virtual Workshop
Improv for Everyone—Strips & Stripes Saturday, January 9, 2027 1PM—5PM EST $40 We are going to take a deep dive into improvisational strip set building. We are going to learn all about how to build stripes and strip sets and how to turn them into incredible quilt compositions. This workshop includes lectures, demos, sew time, handouts, Q&A and MORE!
Improv ED–Virtual Workshop–January 2027
Improv ED–Virtual Workshop–January 2027
IMPROV ED 2027 Thursdays January 7 & 21, February 4 & 18, March 4 & 18, April 1 & 15, May 6 & 13, and June 3 & 17 6PM—9PM EDT/EST $1,250 Are you Improv Curious? Do you love to make improv units, but you can't seem to sort out how to use them to create a quilt composition? Would you like to have a better grounding in basic design elements--line, shape, figure ground, pattern, scale & proportion, and color? Then this is the workshop for you! We will dive deep into different design elements from an improv quilt making approach. This workshop also features guest speakers, demonstrations, feedback and consultations, prompts, lectures, community conversations, peer posses, a private Facebook group, and MORE.
Get in Shape-Live and In-Person-April 2027
Get in Shape-Live and In-Person-April 2027
Riffing on Tradition–Live & In-Person–April 2027
Riffing on Tradition–Live & In-Person–April 2027
Get in Shape–Live & In-Person–August 2027
Get in Shape–Live & In-Person–August 2027
5 Day Quilt Design Workshop: This design and composition workshop focuses on how to find and stitch small pieced shapes into a dynamic quilt composition. We will cover the following improv techniques—finding inspiration in our daily lives, translating that inspiration into pieced shapes that we can use for creating quilts, and arranging those shapes into dynamic pieced compositions that feature excellent figure ground relationships!
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