Category Archives: On my design wall

On my design wall – a glitzy circle – 2015.11.02

Posted on November 4, 2015 by TerryAske

Earlier this year, I signed up for the MQG annual Michael Miller challenge.   The fabrics this year are from the Glitz collection – gold or silver designs on black or white backgrounds.  Each participant received 6 of these fabrics.   … Continue reading →

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On my design wall – Circles! – 2015.07.31

Posted on July 31, 2015 by TerryAske

The circle quilt I started working on earlier this month is almost finished.  I quilted the right side with horizontal straight lines, and the left side with vertical lines.  I debated for a while if I wanted to finish it … Continue reading →

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On my design wall – 2015.07.15

Posted on July 15, 2015 by TerryAske

I started designing a new circle quilt a couple of days ago.  I created a basic design in MS Paint.  I picked some contrasting colors without really thinking about the fabric I had on hand.   I wanted to use … Continue reading →

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Water diamonds & workshops – 2015.07.10

Posted on July 10, 2015 by TerryAske

A couple of days ago, I started cutting diamond shapes to use in the ‘Water’ quilt.   Today, I sewed three rows together – to figure out if the size I had cut would look good when sewn together.  I also … Continue reading →

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On my design wall – 2015.07.08

Posted on July 8, 2015 by TerryAske

Now that all my immediate deadlines (to enter quilts in shows, and to send quilts to shows) have been dealt with, I can pick up where I left off on ‘Water’, the second in a series of collaborative quilts I’m … Continue reading →

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WIP Wednesday – 2015.06.24

Posted on June 24, 2015 by TerryAske

This week I made a border for the June assignment of the Vancouver MQG Round Robin project. There are 11 of us participating.  We each brought our own starting block to the February meeting, and we each left with someone … Continue reading →

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Adventures on the way home from Quilt Canada – 2015.06.10

Posted on June 11, 2015 by TerryAske

On June 2, I hopped into Janet‘s car, and we set out for Lethbridge Alberta to attend the annual Canadian Quilt show and conference – Quilt Canada.  We had a somewhat cloudy and rainy, but uneventful 2-day drive.  As we … Continue reading →

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Workshop and other news – 2015.05.31

Posted on May 31, 2015 by TerryAske

It’s been a busy couple of weeks since I last posted. On Sunday, I taught my Circles Circles Circles workshop for Vancouver MQG.   It was a technique workshop to design circle blocks, and to sew curves and circles with flat … Continue reading →

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On my design wall – 2015.05.01

Posted on May 1, 2015 by TerryAske

Now that my SAQA auction entry is finished, I’m back working on the wedding anniversary portrait. On the left below is how it looked last week.  I found a medium gray fabric that works well for the groom’s shirt. And … Continue reading →

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On my design wall – 2015.04.15

Posted on April 15, 2015 by TerryAske

A few days ago, when I started working on my cityscape quilt for IQF Tactile Architecture special exhibit, I thought the deadline to submit entries was April 17th, so for the past few days I’ve been focusing all my attention … Continue reading →

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