Ten down, two to go!

With just two days to go until the official release date of our book Twelve by Twelve: The International Art Quilt Challenge, special deliveries are continuing all around the world:

It's Day 10 on the Twelve Days of Twelves series on the Lark Crafts blog and Diane is the feature Twelve (there's also a giveaway opportunity on the Day 8 with Terry).  The Twelve by Twelve project was founded by Diane when she sent us an e-mail with the heading "Wanna Play?!".  Eleven of us said yes and three and a half years later, we're still playing and having fun.  Thank you Diane.

Special Deliveries

The delivery of author copies continues and the mosaic is filling up. Just look at those happy smiles!

Don't miss the Twelve Days of Twelves on the Lark Crafts blog which includes some giveaways for lucky readers.  You can also order your very own copy of the book from suppliers such as Barnes & Noble and Amazon. In Australia, you can pre-order from Can Do Books (Melbourne) and New Zealand Quilter/Minerva has a shipment arriving very soon.

Valentine's Day Deliveries

Thanks to some Valentine's Day deliveries, the mosaic is filling up:

All the Twelves in the mainland US have received their author copies and Kirsty and Brenda got to see the early advance copy.  Who will be next - Kristin (Hawaii), Helen (UK) or Francoise (Belgium)?

If you would like your very own copy too, why not check out the giveaway on the Lark Crafts blog?  It's day two of the Twelve Days of Twelve and Kristin is the featured Twelve.

Twelve Days of Twelves on the Lark Crafts Blog

Today is the first day of the celebration of Twelve by Twelve: The International Art Quilt Challenge on the Lark Crafts blog. Each day, for the next twelve (business) days, there will be an interview with one of the Twelves. Lark Crafts will also be giving away copies of the book on certain days, so keep checking back!

The first interview is with Gerrie. To read more, click on the image below.

Twelve by Twelve Book Available for Pre-Order

Our 176 page book entitled Twelve by Twelve: The International Art Quilt Challenge is now AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER from suppliers such as Barnes & Noble, Amazon and the Book Depository.

Anniversary Present

All twelve of us are delighted to celebrate the third anniversary of our challenge by showing you the very first look at the cover of our new book!  It is being lovingly crafted by the talented folks at Lark Books and we all couldn't be happier.  We're told that it'll be available in March, 2011.  That's just six months away!  

I was startled when Brenda pointed out that this is our third anniversary.  We make a total of twelve quilts every other month, so it means that in the first round we made 144 quilts.  Here we are, 5 challenges into our second round (Colorplay!) and we've made 60 more quilts.

I continue to be amazed and delighted by what we, as a group, have accomplished.  I mean, just consider these facts:  We've all remained committed to the project, and when we finished round 1 over two years, we all happily agreed to keep going.  Everyone has met deadlines (barring the occasional emergency which couldn't be helped), and we all genuinely like each other more the more we work together.  We've had exhibit opportunities and articles we'd never imagined to focus on our work.  And a book!  We all thank our lucky stars that when someone said "Wouldn't it be fun to have a book?" Brenda nodded and said "I'll explore it and get started on a proposal."  We know that even more fun is ahead, as we hope to all meet at a big quilt show in the not-too-far-away-future. 

We are a good example of how unexpectedly wonderful things can happen when you are motivated by  passion and curiosity, and supported by good friends.

Thank you all for following our exploits, encouraging us with your comments, and playing along with our challenges.  We can't wait to share our book with you and will be pinching ourselves when we finally get to hold it in our hands!