On my design wall

Posted on September 26, 2012 by TerryAske

I finished last week’s scrappy improv quilt.  I’m planning to enter this one in the QuiltCon modern quilt show.

   

Well, ‘finished’ except for the sleeve and label, so it’s now sitting on the pile with several other quilts that also need sleeves and/or labels.  I find it so hard to take the time to do those last steps, when another new quilt is calling to me.

 

Now I’m working on this modern quilt, which I started at a recent all-day retreat organized by Krista of Poppyprint for members of my guild, the Vancouver Modern Quilt Guild,   At the retreat I pieced the off-center on-point square.  Now I’m auditioning fabrics for the corners . . . decisions, decisions . . .

 

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.

Quiltsy WiP    WIP Wednesday at Freshly Pieced 

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La Conner 2012 Quilt Festival

Posted on September 24, 2012 by TerryAske

If you live anywhere near La Conner, WA and you like quilts, you should plan a visit.  The La Conner 2012 Quilt Festival runs October 5 – 7, 2012 and features an exhibition of juried & judged quilts and fiber art.

I will have 4 quilts in the show.  Here’s one of them.

I also have one quilt in the Color Explosion! Challenge exhibit, on display through October 7, 2012.

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Quilting Daily

Posted on September 23, 2012 by TerryAske

If you receive the daily email newsletter from Quilting Daily, you may have noticed my reader’s challenge quilt in the Friday email.

This was my entry to Quilting Arts Magazine “What’s your Signature Color?” Reader Challenge.  It should be published in the October/November 2012 issue of Quilting Arts Magazine.

Here’s what I said about my entry:

My absolute favorite color is chartreuse; you’ll find at least a bit of it in almost every one of my quilts.  It’s a bold and complex color that adds punch to almost any color palette.  Chartreuse is often found in nature with its complementary color red-violet, as seen in the coleus plant in this quilt.

I printed my coleus photo onto fabric, then used colored pencil to enhance and deepen the shadows around the leaves.  I outlined the edges and veins of the leaves, and filled in the background, with free motion quilting.  The squares are fused and stitched to the quilt.

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On my design wall

Posted on September 18, 2012 by TerryAske

 

Here’s one of my many WiP (works in progress).

Last week I pulled out my ziploc bags full of scraps, and started piecing by color.

I surrounded each block with a white border and another border of color, then pieced them all on a solid grey background.  I hadn’t really planned the final size, and as usual when I improv piece, the quilt ends up bigger than expected!  It’s about 50 by 60 inches.

This past weekend I pieced the back, and this week I plan to layer and quilt it.

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.

Quiltsy WiP    WIP Wednesday at Freshly Pieced 

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The place where I live

Posted on June 27, 2012 by RobinHoward

I live and create art quilts in the beautiful city of Vancouver, BC.

Here’s an art quilt I made a few years ago, showing the Vancouver cityscape at dusk. The multicolored lights of the downtown buildings are reflected in the waters of False Creek. The straight lines of the skyscrapers are a sharp contrast to the backdrop of the North Shore Mountains. Known as one of the most beautiful cities in the world, Vancouver, B.C. is located in a spectacular scenic location between the ocean and mountains. I have spent most of my life living in or near this gorgeous city.

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