Category Archives: Art quilts

Galaxy quilt – start to finish – 2014.12.31

Posted on January 1, 2015 by TerryAske

As promised, here’s my construction process of the galaxy quilt from start to finish.  (I’m still referring to it as ‘the galaxy quilt’ because I haven’t decided on a title for it.)  Be warned, this is a long post.  It … Continue reading →

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Merry Christmas Eve – 2014.12.24

Posted on December 24, 2014 by TerryAske

As we walked around our neighborhood in the past few days, admiring the Christmas lights, I snapped a few photos with my iPhone.  Here are some of my favorites.   I completed another pillow cover, bringing the total to three.  … Continue reading →

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Postcards received, WIP and QuiltCon entries – 2014.12.18

Posted on December 18, 2014 by TerryAske

A couple of weeks ago, I blogged about my entries to Brandy Lynn‘s worldwide Snowflake postcard exchange.   On December 3rd, Brandy let us all know who we were exchanging postcards with, and I mailed mine off to Quebec and to … Continue reading →

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Pillow improvements – 2014.12.10

Posted on December 10, 2014 by TerryAske

I want to thank Nicole for her comment about my pillow cover problem. I had said “I did make the mistake of making the cover a little too large for the pillow form, so I’ll buy a larger form for … Continue reading →

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A new project on my design wall – 2014.12.03

Posted on December 3, 2014 by TerryAske

For some time now, I’ve been thinking about making an abstract art quilt of a spiral galaxy.   A few weeks ago I made a rough sketch.  Since I want the quilt to have an abstract look, I decided to just … Continue reading →

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Great news – 2014.11.25

Posted on November 25, 2014 by TerryAske

This arrived in my virtual inbox at my Etsy shop – feedback left by the purchaser of my most recent custom pet portrait.  I’m touched and thrilled by her comments. “This is an extraordinary work of art, the perfect tribute … Continue reading →

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Welcome Blogathon Canada visitors!

Posted on November 17, 2014 by TerryAske

I’m delighted to be participating in the third Blogathon Canada, a week-long blog hop of Canadian quilting blogs, sponsored by Sew Sisters Quilt Shop.  If you follow along, You’ll get to visit and meet some amazing Canadian quilting bloggers – … Continue reading →

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Off my design wall – a project start to finish and a tutorial – 2014.11.08

Posted on November 8, 2014 by TerryAske

I usually show my progress on a quilt through several posts, but I didn’t blog about this one because it was going to be juried.  It’s now been accepted for the exhibition, so I’ll show my entire process – start … Continue reading →

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A busy week and lots of news – 2014.11.04

Posted on November 5, 2014 by TerryAske

I haven’t posted for a while – mostly because I was in Victoria BC last week, visiting family and friends. While I was there, we visited Satin Moon Quilt Shop to see the ‘It’s Time for Colour!’ traveling quilt show of … Continue reading →

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On my design wall – 2014.10.22

Posted on October 22, 2014 by TerryAske

I have lots of progress to show on the dog portrait I’m working on, last blogged about here. I fused the portrait to a light blue background fabric.  Then I outline stitched the nose, tongue and eyes, and thread-sketched the … Continue reading →

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