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Vancouver MQG 10 year anniversary challenge – 2020.05.20

Posted on May 20, 2020 by TerryAske

The Vancouver Modern Quilt Guild is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. We have a new logo, and a modern mini challenge with the theme TEN using only the new logo colours. Each mini must be 10 inches square. I … Continue reading →

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Matchstick quilting experiment – 2020.04.19

Posted on April 19, 2020 by TerryAske

My next idea for the Canadian Quilters Try-A-Triad Challenge, was to do intense matchstick quilting with a variety of thread colors to see how much it would appear to change the color of the base fabrics. This time, I’m using … Continue reading →

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Optical illusions. Don’t believe your eyes – 2020.04.12

Posted on April 12, 2020 by TerryAske

As I said in an earlier post, primary colors are not my favorite colors. And yet here I am making quilts for a primary colors challenge. When I first read about the Canadian Quilters Try-A-Triad Challenge, my first thought was … Continue reading →

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Primary colors mini quilt – 2020.04.05

Posted on April 5, 2020 by TerryAske

Here is my first entry for the Canadian Quilters Try-A-Triad Challenge. The only fabrics allowed are solid fabrics in the 3 primary colors – yellow, red and blue. I had an idea to make a quilt that looked like 3 … Continue reading →

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Another B&W mini quilt – 2019.08.28

Posted on August 28, 2019 by TerryAske

As often happens, my subconscious influences my design choices. I’d been thinking about black & white quilts for the Curated Quilts mini challenge, and I noticed a fruit bowl in a friend’s kitchen. The shape of the fruit bowl intrigued … Continue reading →

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Black & White mini quilts – 2019.08.26

Posted on August 26, 2019 by TerryAske

My last post was more than a month ago, when I posted my finished ‘Succulents’ quilt. After that, I started working on a couple of mini quilts but didn’t post about them. At the end of July, I left for … Continue reading →

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June recap – 06.30.2019

Posted on June 30, 2019 by TerryAske

Since I last posted, I attended Quilt Canada and completed a couple of mini quilts for the newest Curated Quilts mini challenge. The theme for this one was “Stars”. I made 2 entries – ‘Twinkle Stars’ and ‘Starburst’. I love … Continue reading →

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‘Floating’ for ‘World Wide Whispers’ – 2019.05.29

Posted on May 29, 2019 by TerryAske

I made this quilt almost a year ago. But it was a secret project, so I haven’t posted any photos until now. In October 2017, Kim Caskey of Edmonton AB asked if I would like to participate in a project … Continue reading →

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Curves mini quilts – 2018.12.30

Posted on December 29, 2018 by TerryAske

The theme for Curated Quilts magazine’s issue 7 is Curves.  As usual they are having a mini quilt challenge, and some of the mini quilts will be published in the magazine. You can see all of the entries here. More … Continue reading →

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‘One White Petal’ – how I made it – 2018.12.08

Posted on December 8, 2018 by TerryAske

‘One White Petal‘ was made specifically for the American Patchwork & Quilting Two-Color Quilt Challenge, one of the categories in the QuiltCon juried quilt show featuring modern quilts by members of the Modern Quilt Guild. In August, I started noticing … Continue reading →

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