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SAQA annual benefit auction – 2024.09.07

Posted on September 7, 2024 by TerryAske

SAQA’s 2024 Benefit Auction starts this Friday. It will take place online from September 13 through October 6. Each year, SAQA invites each of its members to create a small 12 x 12 inch piece of art and donate it … Continue reading →

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‘Ticking All the Boxes’ – 2024.06.30

Posted on June 30, 2024 by TerryAske

I started working on this art quilt in November 2023. I posted this photo on Instagram and said ‘Starting a new project. Not sure exactly where this is going but I like it a lot. Do you say ‘tick box’ … Continue reading →

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A new mini art quilt – 2023.10.28

Posted on October 28, 2023 by TerryAske

Here is a 12 x 12 inch mini quilt I made recently. It was intended for a Quilting Arts magazine invitational challenge, but it wasn’t selected. But I’m sure it will find a place in an exhibit at some point. … Continue reading →

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Tertiary complementary colours – 2023.10.09

Posted on October 9, 2023 by TerryAske

During the month of September, I continued working on the trio of art quilts that I posted about on July 31. Each piece consists of complementary tertiary color pairs (yellow/orange with blue/violet, yellow/green with red/violet, and red/orange with blue/green). The … Continue reading →

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SAQA annual benefit auction starts soon – 2023.09.09

Posted on September 9, 2023 by TerryAske

SAQA’s 2023 Benefit Auction will take place online from September 14 through October 8. The auction has a dual purpose – to increase the recognition of quilts as art and quilters as artists, and to raise funds to support SAQA’s … Continue reading →

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Variations on a theme – 2023.08.26

Posted on August 26, 2023 by TerryAske

I have been working on a trio of art quilts in complementary tertiary color pairs (yellow/orange with blue/violet, yellow/green with red/violet, and red/orange with blue/green). I love tertiary colors, but I always want to to use ALL the tertiary colors, … Continue reading →

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Midas Touch mini quilt – 2023.08.06

Posted on August 6, 2023 by TerryAske

I belong to a local group of fibre artists called FYBR 2RT. A recent challenge, called Midas Touch, was to use gold foil in a 12 x 12 inch quilt. I haven’t used foil much in the past, so a … Continue reading →

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Skinny strips, how I make them – 2023.07.29

Posted on July 29, 2023 by TerryAske

At the June meeting of the Vancouver MQG, members displayed mini quilts made to celebrate our Guild’s 10th anniversary back in 2020. The theme was TEN, using only our logo colours and the size was 10 x 10 inches. The … Continue reading →

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‘Aqua Flow’ mini quilt – 2022.12.11

Posted on December 11, 2022 by TerryAske

Here is my entry for the current Curated Quilts mini challenge. The theme is Abstract. The color palette for the mini quilt challenge is teal, deep grey blue, bright yellow-green, soft grey, periwinkle, and flamingo pink. The instructions are to … Continue reading →

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A Bevy of Blues – 2022.11.27

Posted on November 27, 2022 by TerryAske

I belong to a group of fibre artists called FYBR 2RT. We have an exhibit in 2023 titled Tangled in Blue. All pieces will be 16″ x 16″. I started with one of my favourite patterns – wavy lines intersecting … Continue reading →

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