TWELVE BY TWELVE

The Twelve by Twelve website has now been updated to showcase the Rusty Colorplay challenge quilts. In addition to checking out the Artist ...

I bought beads to make a fancy edge treatment for my Purple and Yellow Complementary challenge, but I ran out of time to actually sew them o...

The website has now been updated to display our latest complementary colorplay challenge - Purple Yellow . The individual artist galleries ...

Pending the updating of the Twelve by Twelve website, and Helen's nomination of her "official" work for this challenge, here i...

Just as Karen announced our new theme, I looked at my first three Colorplay quilts and saw that I might have the beginnings of a simple/trad...

Thankfully, this challenge came together like a dream, because my family has definetly been plotting against me getting anything accomplishe...

Last January, the Portland Art Museum had a show titled China Design Now, an exhibit of the varied design and architecture of modern China. ...

The challenge for me this time was very much around finding some free time to make a quilt! My first thought was heartsease. My second thoug...

Those of us here in the United States have probably used the #2 pencil for most of our lives.  It's the ubiquitous yellow wooden penci...

I used two pictures taken in my garden as the inspiration for this piece, a picture of a lilac tree and one of simple little daisies growing...

I love Aspen trees and have long thought about making an aspen quilt, but it has been done—a lot. Our Gerrie has made a whole series of aspe...

You know how I hate yellow? And purple is not all that fabulous? Well, it turns out, together they are kind of inspiring. So  I have four qu...

A couple of months ago I ran across a blog called Art With a Needle by Kathleen Loomis. I have no memory of what the catalyst was that to...

Lots of thoughts were swirling about in my brain as I began working on this piece. I am feeling that my work is a bit predictable lately. I...

It's remarkable how often the complementary colours of purple and yellow appear in flowers - pansies, iris, crocus and so on. There has...

With my studio packed up, and being out of the country for two weeks, this piece was a challenge. I knew I need to get a good start on it be...

I really enjoyed creating this yellow pattern on this purple fabric. I used acrylic paint and a handmade stamp. I thought it was fun to com...

This is the back. I did something new, for me. It was fun and a little fussy. I may try the technique for a larger piece.

Though I've been focused on another project, I've had "Purple and Yellow" percolating in the back of my mind. One of the f...

I've made dismal progress with my official piece for the purple and yellow colour challenge. I've been distracted with preparations...