TWELVE BY TWELVE

I have to admit these colors were a challenge to me, and I'm not exactly sure why.  I spent a long time thinking about what I wanted to ...

It's already 1 September here in Australia and I awoke to the sound of lorikeet chatter. It's hardly English birdsong but it still ...

Yes!  our Lorikeet Colourplay quilts will start to appear online on 1 September (US time). Remember you can subscribe to the RSS feeds of ...

I've found working with this palette much more challenging than I expected. Those saturated colours work so well in nature but, as Terr...

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...

Here are Gerrie and I (Terry) reviewing the color proofs of the Twelve by Twelve book. We are in the home stretch. I believe this is the las...

When we visited relatives in St. Louis this summer, Aunt Nancy encouraged me to look through some drawers of old linens and take what I want...

I completed my first lorikeet piece (apart from the facing) a week or three ago. But the bright scraps were calling and I grabbed them befo...

I finished up a couple of weeks of marathon quilting for my Q=A=Q submission. I have another big project to work on, but before I got to tha...

It just occurred to me that I made a lorikeet colored quilt several years ago. It was a sample for my American Quilter magazine article abou...

I almost never make more than one piece for a 12 x12 challenge, but I have now finished two and can't decide between them. They are enti...

I am happy to say that I just put the finishing stitches into my lorikeet quilt. Yay! When I was looking for fabrics in my stash to use ...

I haven't been contributing to this blog as I should have been in recent weeks, although I have been thinking about posting a lot. Does ...

Check out the cover and first page of the Craft Fair Friend magazine (caution 4.5MB download) for the forthcoming Craft & Quilt Fair in...

I have an idea. I have dyed more fabric. I have no more excuses.  I have cut into it. It might be a bit fuzzy but I think I have lift off. ...