TWELVE BY TWELVE

I have a confession to make. I am not motivated to work on our current challenge. I have several other projects which I am much more excite...

I'm quietly embroidering away on my towel and things are looking good. I'm taking my time and making sure I am happy with each stitc...

Now that I've decided on a direction for my Maps piece, I need to find an appropriate tea towel to embroider on. I went to one likely st...

I made a start at my metamorphosis piece, and it didn't really match was I was hoping for in my head. The computer wouldn't save my ...

Visitors, kids out of school, and general holiday festivities have not been conducive to making art. I have been thinking about though. Thro...

As we "twelves" began discussions about what to do after we finished the ColorPlay series, several of us expressed a desire to bre...

After the frustration of my last two posts here and here , I am happy to report that the sun came out -- both literally and figurativel...

Last I posted, I was overwhelmed by paint and Procion, gelatin plate or monoprints on glass, silk screens and freezer paper masks. I decided...

I've been thinking about my own artistic comfort zones. Usually I'm up for any style or technique that suits the message I want ...

Orange was never high on my favorite colors list. I don't know why. Orange is great! Nowadays I love orange, and I'm finding that it...

Wool because women used to use it before the advent of sponges, dri-weave, and other space-age fibers; and an upholstry fabric because it...

No pretty pictures of chartreuse things from me. And it looks like I'm going to have to get out my dyes and make some fabric for this ch...

I think I'm getting somewhere here. As always, reader comments have been very helpful. I'm taking to heart Ann Marie's suggestio...

OK, I admit it -- I'm stuck. I like these colors, but my creative juices are just not flowing. Normally, I would work this all out behin...

In my last post I hinted at using a Baltimore Album style block as my challenge solution. I showed a mosaic of my progress which upon hinds...

Like Helen, my Eggplant, Burgundy, and Emerald quilt isn't turning out quite like I imagined it in my head. Upon hearing the theme, I im...

After teaching a fabric marbling workshop, I was inspired to make lava-like fabric . I really liked the way such a classic surface design te...

I decided that I, too, would share some of my process this time. I started working on my blue, white and a little bit of black piece today...

I thought it might be nice this time around to share a bit of my process. After determining that Delft and my other blue pottery was my insp...

There are twelve months in the year and twelve signs of the Zodiac. That seems like a good place to start a Twelve themed challenge. I was b...