Author Archives: TerryAske

Year in review – 2017.01.01

Happy New Year! I’ve been looking back at 2016, reviewing my quilting-related activities and accomplishments. Making art – I created more than 16 art quilts and other fiber art with a variety of themes and techniques.  Many of them are … Continue reading

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Mistletoe postcard exchange – part 2 – 2016.12.28

I hope you all had a great Christmas and are continuing to enjoy the holiday season! At the beginning of December, I blogged about my 3 postcards for a Mistletoe fiber postcard exchange organized by Brandy Lynn of Quilter on … Continue reading

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Circles and other shapes – 2016.12.18

In January, I’ll be teaching a 2-day workshop on my Circles technique.  I teach participants how to design and create their own freezer paper patterns, and demonstrate a variety of techniques I use to create my circle quilts. In a … Continue reading

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Botanical Reflections – part 3 – 2016.12.11

I’ve finished ‘Maple Reflections’, my second artwork for the Fibre Art Network exhibit ‘Botanical Reflections’.  You can read about my first piece ‘Ginkgo Reflections’ here and here. As with the Ginkgo leaves, I fused and stitched the leaves to felt.  … Continue reading

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Botanical Reflections – part 2 – 2016.12.07

In my last post, I showed my progress on my 2 entries to the next Fibre Art Network (FAN) exhibit, ‘Botanical Reflections’. I have completed the first one, ‘Ginkgo Reflections’.   It includes several of my favorite design elements – … Continue reading

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Botanical Reflections – 2016.12.04

‘Botanical Reflections’ will be the next Fibre Art Network (FAN) exhibit of mixed media fibre art.  Each piece will measure 12″ x 24″ in either a landscape or portrait orientation. ‘Botanical Reflections’ will debut at VanDusen Botanical Garden in Vancouver … Continue reading

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Mistletoe postcard exchange – 2016.12.02

In December 2014, I participated in a Snowflake fiber postcard exchange organized by Brandy Lynn of Quilter on Fire.  It was a lot of fun to make the postcards, and even more fun to receive postcards in the mail.   … Continue reading

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Taking photos and entering quilts – 2016.11.30

I’ve made comments in my last couple of posts about the difficulty of taking good photos of quilts when the weather is dark and gray.  On Monday, we finally had some sun, so I took photos of my 3 entries … Continue reading

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Croatian Door – 2016.11.27

I was so pleased with the Croatia Portal journal quilt I made in August, that I decided to use the same photo and technique for my entry to the SAQA 2017 Trunk Show. The required finished size is 7 x … Continue reading

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On my design wall – 2016.11.20

It’s been 3 weeks since I last posted – where does the time go? In my last post, I showed a quilt I’m making for the upcoming SAQA exhibit titled H2Oh!.   My goal is to have 3 water-themed quilts to … Continue reading

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