Sunday, August 5, 2012

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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3 comments:

shilsenbeck said...

Del -- Thanks for posting this. It must have been hard to tear yourself away from participating in the experience of the exhibit in order to step back and get a picture. I appreciate it, especially since I will not get a chance to see these wonderful gems.

Christine Thresh said...

Goodness, I am overwhelmed. Seeing them all together must be so exciting. Sponsoring this show was a wonderful thing for you to do.

Rayna said...

Fabulous exhibit - wish I had been able to see it in person. Thanks for posting the photo of four of my favorite people.