TWELVE BY TWELVE

Yesterday I visited the American Museum in Bath, a gem of an instutution with a thoughtfully curated and presented collection of decorative ...

I was minding my own business one day when I noticed a delivery truck coming up my driveway.  I scanned my brain, trying to figure out what...

The Twelve by Twelve website has been updated. Check out the Eggplant Colorplay Gallery and the ever-expanding Artist Gallery Pages .  Her...

I have rephotographed my pieces in better light and replaced the photos on my original post, here. This is the piece that will be the offic...

Following the reveal of our Eggplant Colourplay quilts, the website update is well under way. We'll let you know when it's done. I...

As many of our friends and followers will be aware, the state of Queensland in Australia, where Kirsten resides, has been struck by devasta...

   When I first heard the new colors all I could think of was fruit. Grapes at first, of course, then blackberries, which turn from bright ...

Okay, you can tell where I've been the last couple of months -- home with the kids. I have no idea how I created anything while I was ho...

I did not have the easiest time with these colors!  In fact, I was downright paralyzed for much of the challenge period as I continued to p...

I think it was because I was standing in the middle of the Convention Center in Houston, not far from an exhibit of beautiful Baltimore Albu...

We live at the bottom of a very large hill called Castle Hill. For five years I have watched Insane Persons as they walk/cycle/run UP the ve...

You may recall how I was oddly inspired by this photo of a priest or diviner's shirt, found in an old design scrapbook and how the son...

Behold the green and the purple! If you read my blog , you know I am enamored with the combination green and purple. When Nikki picked ...

And, I couldn't make just one!! I hope you all can help me decide which one should be part of the Twelve X Twelve mosaic. The one above ...

I had a hard time setting to work with this colour scheme. It was so dark! Too dark for me. As often when I'm stuck, I went through my p...

I have a feeling when people start reading this blog, they will have no idea who's it is.  Let me tell you it took five tries to finally...

This is the first quilt I made for this color play challenge. When I set out to create this quilt I had Terry's fusing method in mind ...

I am so relieved that this challenge period is over. I love the rich palette of deep purple, burgundy and emerald but I found the dark valu...

I'm done! Here's a little peek...

I like to explore various finishing techniques with my 12x12 pieces. Thus far, in the Colorplay series, one piece has an unfinished pinked e...