On 2 September 2007, Diane sent out an e-mail head "NEW Small Quilt Challenge:Wanna Play?" and, within a couple of days, the first items started appearing on this blog.. We went on to share our project in hundreds of posts and to create 348 works for three series: the Theme series (2007-2009), Colourplay (2009-2011) and the 2012 Series. Along the way, we wrote a book Twelve by Twelve: The International Art Quilt Challenge and staged an international exhibition tour that continues in 2013:
- see the 2012 series at Northwest Quilting Expo in Portland, USA 19-21 September 2013: and
- the Colorplay Series tours next to AQS Quilt Show, Des Moines, Iowa, USA 2 – 5 October 2013..
Here's looking at you Twelves!
5 comments:
I'll toast to that! It's been great watching all of you progress through time and you are a great model to the rest of us of how people can collaborate and grow together.
Kudos to you and I hope you keep at it for a long time down the road!
Congratulations and thank you - from a member of one of the many 'Tribute groups' that your idea has spawned.
I too have made unexpected friendhsips through this medium.
I'd like to echo the congratulations of Rachel and Linda. Had it not been for stumbling on the Twelves' blog, and left a comment years ago, I would have missed the opportunity that I now enjoy in another group, Tangled Textiles, that is the result of the Twelves' "pay it forward" attitude. A special thank you to Diane for your mentoring.
Cheers!!
Have really missed your blogs and reveals. Hope you will challenge yourselves for us, your fans again. I will try to go see the northwest quilt expo. I am in Hawaii now and made sure the guild there has you book. They do and it is signed by one. 2011 seems a long time ago. I told a couple of gals to check it out. It is one of the most information, inspiration, and colorful reads out there. In my opinion. Thanks for all you do.
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