{"id":36,"date":"2010-10-24T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-10-24T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.road2cablog.com\/road-to-california\/maria-tamaoka\/"},"modified":"2010-10-24T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-10-24T19:00:00","slug":"maria-tamaoka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/2010\/10\/24\/maria-tamaoka\/","title":{"rendered":"Maria Tamaoka"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Maria Tamaoka<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maria is teaching class 6036<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Matt: How long have you been quilting? What made you begin quilting?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maria: I made my first quilt in 1985. <\/span><\/span><\/span>I visited an old classmate of mine, saw she made a quilt and thought, hmm, I like sewing, I\u2019ll give it a try. I was hooked!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Matt: Do you have a quilting studio? <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maria: My \u201cstudio\u201d is my store, Pinwheels, living room, bedroom, kitchen-wherever I find a free table and ironing board<\/span><\/span><\/span>. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n \n\n

Matt: What do you consider your quilting \u201cspecialty\u201d or what makes you unique in the quilting world? <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maria: My husband and I brought Daiwabo Taupe Fabric to the US in 2001. Since then, I\u2019ve been called the Taupe lady. I love making \u201cmonochromatic\u201d traditional quilts using Daiwabo Taupe Fabric.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n \n\n

Matt: What is your favorite color schemes to work with? <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maria: Hmmmm\u2026Taupe????<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n \n\n

Matt: What books or articles have you written<\/span><\/span>? <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maria: My first book was called Inspirations from Japan. I have also been published in Quilter\u2019s Newsletter magazine, Quilt Mania and Patchwork Tsushin Japan.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n \n\n

Matt: What do you do while you quilt? Do you listen to music? <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maria: I love listening to Books on Tape.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n \n\n

Matt: What is your quilting inspiration<\/span><\/span>? <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maria: The fabric inspires me.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n \n\n

Matt: What is the funniest moment you have had happen while you were teaching? <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maria: I\u2019m sure there are many things, as we usually have a good time in class, just can\u2019t think of anything right now.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n \n\n

Matt: What was the best class you have ever taken? <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maria: Hard to say the best class, but I remember my first class as it really started me quilting.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/o:p><\/p>\n\n ]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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