It’s 12:12pm on 12/12/12 California time and it’s time to reveal the latest works by the Twelve by Twelve International Art Quilt Challenge – SWEET! My contribution, Sweet Dreams is inspired by visions of boiled lollies and created with my own hand dyed solids with a dash of sweet serendipity. You can read about how […]
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Shipping Quilts & Textile Works
Another challenge of travelling exhibitions is the travelling part. Entrusting quilts and textile works to postal and courier systems always seems an act of faith but, fortunately, I have never had a piece go permanently astray. Nearly three years ago, I packed up my Twelve by Twelve Theme Series collection in an Aboriginal print travelling […]
Colourplay is Coming Down Under in 2013!
Twelve by Twelve Maverick Website Update
The Twelve by Twelve website has been updated to showcase the latest challenge quilts – Maverick. Although some found the theme tricky, the collection is fun and thought-provoking: The 2012 Artist Gallery pages have been updated too. Here is how my own 2012 series is shaping up. That shibori work is looking suitably maverick in […]
Twelve by Twelve Maverick Challenge
In life, as in art, we are often attracted to a kind of natural order – compliance with unwritten rules to create lines and patterns. Reassurance can be found in conformity, repetition and predictability. Then along comes a maverick and messes things up. Or does it? Square Peg – Round Holes #1 ©2012 Brenda Gael […]
Twelve by Twelve on TV
This weekend both the Twelve by Twelve Theme Series and the Colourplay series (that’s 288 art quilts) are on exhibition at Northwest Quilting Expo in Portland. You can see some of the exhibit, along with Twelves Terry and Gerrie in this fun video clip on Portland TV. Australian readers will have the opportunity to see […]