Twelve by Twelve Day

Today was the reveal day for the latest Twelve by Twelve challenge. Helen's color challenge was "spice colors."  I continued my experiments in fusing and stitching this mosaic-y kind of abstract design, but this time used it as a background for a crow.  I really liked making this piece and even added some beads at the end. I don't often find beads add much to a quilt and sometimes even detract, but I like those little points of bone white these added.

We are getting near the end of our second round of challenges. Four years, nearly. What an amazing experience it has been. We are talking about what to do next. We have, perhaps, exhausted the challenge format as we have been doing it. We are pondering. What seems clear, at least to me, is that these people are part of my life now. We will not simply wander off into the cyberspace from whence we came. If you are wondering if there is another book on the horizon, I think not. Even as the book has been an amazing outcome of our internet project, it isn't what it was all about ever. Have I mentioned that we are all (except for one of us) going to the International Quilt Festival in Houston, where both of our challenge series will be seen in their entirety? It will be the first time we will be together as a group anywhere. Just thinking about that chokes me up a little.


If you haven't, go on over to the Twelve by Twelve blog to see all the spicy quilts. As always, we've had a lot of fun with the theme.