TWELVE BY TWELVE

Today's "Rusty" Colourplay post comes from Worcester and the Royal Worcester Museum:

Deborah has selected such a rich and inspiring theme.  Maps, of course, are everywhere! Looking back through the Theme Series and the C...

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

Here's a preliminary snapshot, in case you're wondering how our Rusty pieces look all together:

This one snuck up on me. I had ideas. I let them simmer. I pondered fabrics. I felt good about it all. I had time. And then I didn't! Th...

Patricia Tina. Known as Pat. Inspired by: * Trinny and Sussanah and their "Sex Bomb" episode - a glorious romp with mutton dre...

Terra Incognita, the unknown land. My wonderful husband helped me with the name of this quilt because I really didn't know what to say a...

Rust made me think of autumn leaves. That's why I chose several of my leaves photos as the starting point for the quilt. Mainly a pictur...

This piece was fun and a lot of work. I started by rusting the turquoise silk and I discharged and added turquoise Dynaflow paint to the rus...

Heading into this piece, I was reminded why we call this a "challenge!"  I'm discovering that I'm finding these color cha...

When this 'rusty' pallate was first announced I was amused ( and please, no one take offence at this) that the first reaction of so...

As you probably already know, I very much enjoy including cats in my art. I love cats and they are a great source of inspiration for me. ...

I was so inspired by this color challenge that I got started right away and had it finished more than a month ago. These are truly my colors...

I was happy when I saw the color choices Terri picked for this challenge, mainly because I love rust colored things.  I have lots of fabric ...

In working on these color themes, I find I go one of two ways: I can make a small art quilt that is simply about diving deep into the colors...

As sometimes happens in these Colourplay challenges, within hours of announcement of the challenge palette, I was presented with an inspira...

I've made two and a half quilts for this challenge.  This one won't be ready in time but you can read the story of Rusty Harvest on...

Quilted and painted fabric done! Some day I will learn to not wait until the last minute, but for now I am living with the urgent to-do l...

... but I started quilting today.

I keep thinking that I have time on this challenge, and now I realize that I don't so much. I was liking the sawtooth idea that I posted...