Twelve by 12 at QFestival - LBeach 08--5-12

Here are the last of the pictures from Quilt Festival - Long Beach '12.  And they are all of the Twelve by 12 exhibit.  I was awed by the sight of this project "in-the-fabric" that I didn't take all the pictures I might have.  Just the idea of having twelve busy women devote their time to keep up with the challenge for four years is so impressive.  I'm glad that I could sponsor the exhibit at the Quilt Festivals so that many quiltmakers could see what can be done online with like minded women.  The exhibit will be shown again September  20-22, 2012 at the Northwest Quilting Expo, Portland, Oregon, and April 18-21, 2013 at the Australasian Quilt Convention, Melbourne, Australia.

 

This placard showing all twelve of the participants was at the entrance to the exhibit.
The quilts are placed on the panels in this order - i.e., the quilt in the top right hand corner of each panel was made by Helen Conway, those in the center of the second row from the top were made by Terry Grant, and so forth.  If you go to the website you can isolate all of each member's pieces. 

But only Terry Grant, Gerrie Congdon, and Karen Rips were able to attend this showing.  They included me in the picture..  a sort of honorary "Twelve".

The panels of quilts were shown in consecutive order.  The two on the right are the last two from the Theme project which is covered in their very successful book.  See their website:  http://www.twelveby12.org/
They also have a Blog that updates the project and their lives: www.twelveby12.blogspot.com

Below are all the panels from the second two year project done with colors. 
Since I am one of those viewers who likes to read every sign and placard I have included the placards for a few of the panels, but not all.  Click on images to enlarge.  

 
Pink

 
Blue - White -Black

 
Kilauea - [volcano colors]

 

 

 

 
Purple/violet - Yellow

 

 

 

 
Lorikeet colors

 

 

Rusty 

Eggplant

 
Brown - Sage- Blue

Chartreuse

Spice

Grey

Orange

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Geri Congdon 12X12 quilt in TCQC 04-29-12

Here is the tenth of the 12x12 gift quilts, made by members of the online group to thank me for sponsoring their Quilt Festival exhibit at Houston/Cincinnati/Long Beach.
www.twelveby12.org

"California Poppies"  Geri Congdon  2011  12" x 12"

Silk and cotton, machine appliqued, machine quilted.

http://www.gericondesigns.com/ 

Geri and I met years ago at Empty Spools Seminars at Asilomar/Pacific Grove.  At that time she lived in California, so we share a love of these native flowers that bloom along the roadsides and are cultivated in gardens.   Her selection of this flower was very thoughtful.

 
The back is a commercial fabric and she has not covered the quilting with a false back - something I especially appreciate.  I don't quite understand why quiltmakers do this instead of just doing good work. 

 
Here is Geri's signature, but no label, no indication of how to contact the artist. Of course, I know how to contact Geri, but a label with a contact is really a necessity.  Now that the 12x12 quilts are back from Visions Art Museum I will add labels where they are needed.