On my design wall

DSCN0372Last week, I showed you the fabrics I planned to use for my my entry to the Quilting Arts magazine Map It Out reader challenge.  I enlarged a map of the area where I live, and traced the edges of the riverbanks onto fusible web.  Once the river was in place, I used my gridded fabrics to denote residential (pink) and industrial (gray) areas.  I love the contrast of the natural lines of the river with the geometric shapes of the streets and parks.

Here’s how it looks right now.  I still have to add the major roads and railway tracks with satin stitching.  Then I’ll do some free motion stitching.  The finished size will be 12 x 10 inches.  TerryAske_Map_in progress

I have a lot more projects in the planning stages, but no pictures yet.  I’m going to a sew-in this Saturday, so I hope to have lots to show next week.

As always, I’m linking up with these blogs for WiP Wednesday.  Click on the buttons below to see all the people participating and check out their projects.

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On my design wall

The tree quilt, which is now titled Even Trees Get the Blues – is finally finished!  See details here.

I have several quilts in the planning and designing stages.  First up is my entry to the Quilting Arts magazine Map It Out reader challenge. Here’s a sneak peek at the fabric I’m planning to use.DSCN0372

The VMQG in participating in the Madrona Road challenge.  We each got a pack of fat eighth cuts of these fabrics.  I’ve ordered a couple more Madrona Road prints and have some ideas of what I want to do.  DSCN0368

Make sure to check out my first giveaway.

As always, I’m linking up with these blogs for WiP Wednesday.  Click on the buttons below to see all the people participating and check out their projects.

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Tree quilt – chapter 7

It’s done!  (Well, except for hand stitching the facing to the back, and adding a sleeve and label – the boring parts.)  And, it finally has a title – Even Trees Get the Blues (thanks to my sister Anne for this creative idea).  The finished size is 48.5 x 48 inches. TerryAske_EvenTreesGetTheBlues

As usual, I was a bit nervous about the free motion quilting, but once I started, I was happy with the results.  I did un-stitch some of the rolling hills and restitched them because I wasn’t happy with my first attempt.  I used a loose loopy shell stitch on the tree foliage, and I’m really happy with how it looks.  On the bottom section, I stitched around the leaf shapes and extended the leaf pattern into the mottled fabric.TerryAske_EvenTreesGetTheBlues_detail1

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Something new, and a giveaway

Last weekend I decided to make a 2013 wall calendar featuring 13 of my art quilts.  I ordered them from Vistaprint, and after I had finalized the wall calendar, it gave me the option of also ordering a desk calendar.  So I ordered a few of each.  I expect to receive the physical calendars today.  The images below are from the proofs that Vistaprint provided.

Wall Calendar (11 x 8.5 inches)TerryAske_WallCalendar_cover2013 Wall Calendar 2

Desk Calendar (8 x 4 inches)TerryAske_DeskCalendar_cover 2013 Desk CalendarGiveaway – I’m giving one away one of my calendars – your choice of a wall calendar or a desk calendar.  For a chance to win, just leave a comment, saying which of the 13 images is your favorite.   You have until Saturday, January 12th to leave a comment.  I’ll do a random draw and announce the lucky winner on Sunday, January 13th.

The calendars will be for sale in my Etsy shop, but I want to receive the printed calendars before I list them for sale.  Update:  the calendars are now for sale in my Etsy shop.

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2012 in review

Looking back at 2012, I’m very happy with my productivity.  In fact, when I add it all up, I’m amazed at myself!

I made more than 20 quilts, had 11 art quilts accepted into quilt shows, and was published 4 times in magazines.  I sold 15 quilts through my Etsy shop.  And, of course, I started this blog.

Here’s a collage of some of the quilts I made in 2012.  TerryAske_2012Creations

Quilt shows where my work was shown during 2012:

I had work published in these magazines:

Goals for 2013

  • continue to create quilts (I have 5 in the planning and design stages right now!)
  • sell quilts in my Etsy shop
  • submit work to quilt shows.  I joined SAQA – Studio Art Quilt Associates in 2012 and plan to enter work in at least one of their shows and their annual auction of 12 x 12 inch quilts.
  • submit work to magazine reader challenges
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On my design wall

I made 2 entries for the Cloth Paper Scissors Make Mine Mini reader challenge and submitted them today.  This was a fun challenge for me.  Working in a miniature scale made me look at my fabric scraps in a whole new light!

Rainy Day People – A few months ago, I started designing an art quilt featuring silhouettes of pedestrians with colorful umbrellas.  I reduced the size of the ‘umbrella people’ for this challenge.  I used a gel medium to adhere the background fabrics to a 4” x 4” mini artist canvas, then fused the ‘umbrella people’ to the background.  The umbrella spokes are drawn with a permanent marker.

Scrappy Maple Leaf – Then, I got more adventurous and created a fabric collage of a maple leaf.  I adhered scraps directly to the mini canvas with the gel medium, first the background, then the leaf and stem pieces, adding scraps until I was pleased with the result.

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I also got a lot of work done on the Tree quilt – read more about it here.TerryAske_TreeQuilt_layered and ready to quilt-001

I’m linking up with these blogs for WiP Wednesday.  Click on the buttons below to see all the people participating and check out their projects.

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Tree quilt – chapter 6

The tree is completely pieced and off the design wall, and I’ve started the quilting.  I’m planning to enter this one in the Canadian National Juried Show and the entry deadline is looming.  I’ll be concentrating on this for the next week or so.

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On my design wall

I don’t have much to show today.
I’m working on the tree quilt, and will have a new post soon about my progress on it.

I’m going to make a mini mixed media piece for the Cloth Paper Scissors reader challenge.  Remember my umbrella people?  (I still have plans to make a quilt with them.) I’m going to make 4″ x 4″ version, using some mini artist’s canvases I happen to have in the right size.

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Challenges, quilt shows and other news

At the the VMQG December guild meeting on Monday night, we all received our scrap bag challenge and swap creations.

I made 2 mug rugs for Arita from her beautiful peach, yellow, orange and pink scraps.  It was fun to work with these lovely colors – but it appears I neglected to take any photos after I finished them!  But you can see them in the photo above – Arita is third from the left in the front row.  And I received this delightful fabric container for my ‘Precious Snippets’ (what a great description for scraps!), made by Heather D. from my scraps.DSCN0251

I learned at the guild meeting that one of our VMQG group quilts has been been submitted to the juried quilt show at QuiltCon, the inaugural convention and quilt show of The Modern Quilt Guild, which will be held February 21-24, 2013 in Austin, TX.   Our quilt was put together and quilted by Paul, and it’s beautiful.Oh Frasson's Mod Mosaic Technique

An online group I belong to – a team of quilters who sell on Etsy, called the Quiltsy Team made a group quilt last year, which we called the Sisterhood of the Travelling Quilt, because the blocks were created by members from from Canada, Israel and 22 different U.S. states.  It has also been entered in the QuiltCon show.

My entry to the Quilting Arts Magazine reader challenge ‘Tea or Coffee?’ was selected as a finalist, so I will be sending it to Quilting Arts Magazine, and I will hope to see it published in the April/May 2013 issue.

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As you probably know, I sell my quilts on Etsy where I have an online shop.  Etsy sends out a daily email called Etsy Finds, and today it features my self-portrait quilt.  I’m getting a lot of views on my shop today!

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On my design wall

The piecing of the tree quilt is progressing well.

The tree quilt technique requires very careful and precise piecing, so it was a pleasure to take a break with some improv piecing for the VMQG scrap bag challenge and swap.  This is the back of the mug rug I’m making. I’ll show the front after our guild meeting on Monday. 

An online group I belong to – a team of quilters who sell on Etsy, called the Quiltsy Team has started a group project to help one of our members, Krystyna of www.etsy.com/shop/SomewhereByTheSea, who lost her house and contents during Hurricane Sandy.  We’re going to make a rail fence quilt for her.  I’m making 2 blocks from these batik fabrics.

I’m linking up with these blogs for WiP Wednesday.  Click on the buttons below to see all the people participating and check out their projects.

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