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I haven’t been in Maria’s studio for several weeks, and it’s always a delightful surprise when I am invited in.

Maria was on another tear today, ironing the matting for her new Raven quilt (sold already) and busy preparing sketches for her coming “Zip” potholders.

They aren’t ready to go up on her Etsy page yet; if you want to purchase one, you can e-mail Maria at [email protected]. She usually takes advance orders, this is beautiful work.

The potholders, which capture Zip’s unique spirit,  are not made yet; they will be hand-initialed and cost $30 each plus $5 shipping.

As I mentioned earlier, I think the Raven quilt is already sold. Below are her first sketches of the potholder and the photo that inspired them.

Maria is sizzling.

The new Raven Quilt was sold to a long-time Raven admirer.

The Zip potholder prelimary sketch, inspired by Maria’s great photo below.

As is my custom, I stopped into Maria’s Studio on Friday for my weekly sneak peek at her new art. Since she’s not into promoting herself, I try to do some of it. It’s sincere; I think she’s pretty talented.

I was not disappointed.

There is a beautiful and soft new quilt called “Under The Sea,” an artistic tribute to life under the water. It just went up for sale today.

Plus, 10 new “Scrap Bin” potholders are up on her Etsy Studio Page.

The quilt costs $425 plus shipping; the potholders are $22 plus shipping.

They are bright and cheerful, as potholders tend to be.

We had a fun video despite her being in a grumpy mood and me getting over a stomach sickness, a gift, we think, of my brush with Covid.

Here’s the video we took. I’m not unbiased, but I really loved it. Maria has captured the dreamy, soothing feel of the ocean. And shows how she makes her art.

It was great fun, and I loved seeing Maria — arms wheeling around – talk about how she shaped and changed this quilt as she made it. It’s a beautiful process and beautiful thing.

This is a close-up of a part of her quilt, “Under The Sea.

Ten new potholders are up on Etsy. They were made from the scrap bin pile, aptly named “Scrap Bin Potholders.” $22 plus shipping; you can see them and buy them here.

Maria’s e-mail is [email protected]; her blog is www.fullmoonfiberart.com

I was out in the yard throwing a ball for Zinnia, and when I came in, Maria stuck her head out of her studio – she had one of her elfish smiles – and asked me if I wanted to take a picture. I know what this means.

I am rarely invited into the studio when she is working, and I hardly ever go in.

The smile meant she has either started working on something she loves, has figured out something that stumped her, or finished something and is proud of it.

It turned out to be the latter. She’s been working on this quilt for weeks now, and it was a tough one, I could tell. She goes up and down about the things she makes and only sells them when she is up.

She finished it this afternoon, just as I came walking by.

She is very up about this quilt, and she should be. It is beautiful. She calls it “home,” and it was sold before it was even finished.

After weeks of scarf painting, Maria has eagerly and happily returned to her first love, quilt-making. She wrote about it on her blog today.

She hasn’t named it, but I call it the Peasant and Dove quilt because of the vintage doves and “peasant” sketches along the perimeter. It has a soft and reflective feeling to me. It’s already sold and not on sale. A piece of the quilt has been hanging up on her studio wall for a while, and a follower of her work bought it on sight weeks before it was finished.

She plunged right into it and is very happy to be making another quilt. But then, she was also pleased making those scarves. I should be the first one to break it to her. She is always delighted to make her art.

My weekly visit to Maria’s Full Moon Fiber Art studio was delayed until this afternoon, and I got to see the new quilt she has begun working on, a Koi Pond quilt to celebrate the idea of swimming upstream, as we all in often do in our lives.

The quilt is not yet finished but close. If there are any questions about it, you can reach Maria via e-mail at [email protected]. I don’t think it’s been sold yet.

I also got my first look at her very evocative Inner Wolf potholder, now on sale in her Etsy Studio for $20 plus $5 shipping. The wolf inside of us inspired this.

These went flying. I think there are one or two left.

I often think I hear strange sounds and howling in the night from that studio.