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Twelve by Twelve

I created this body of work as part of the Twelve by Twelve International Art Quilt Challenge. For four years, we each made a 12×12 inch quilted art piece on a designated theme or colour palette. For 2012 we made rectangular pieces, 20×12 inches.

Our eponymous book Twelve by Twelve: the International Art Quilt Challenge was published in 2011 and is still readily available. We have also self-published Colorplay a catalogue style book that documents the Colorplay series that is available from Amazon and CreateSpace.

Theme Series (2007-2009)
Piece de Resistance ©2007 Brenda Gael Smith
Organic Chocolate (Darkl) ©2007 Brenda Gael Smith
My People ©2007 Brenda Gael Smith
Coriolis ©2007 Brenda Gael Smith
Piece de Resistance ©2007
Organic Chocolate ©2008
My People ©2008
Coriolis ©2008
Radiance ©2007 Brenda Gael Smith
Favela ©2007 Brenda Gael Smith
Biinary Note #2 ©2007 Brenda Gael Smith
Stacked ©2008 Brenda Gael Smith
Radiance ©2008
Favela ©2008
Binary Note #2 ©2008
Stacked ©2009
Introspection ©2009 Brenda Gael Smith
FLost & Found at Fromelles ©2009 Brenda Gael Smith
Caliente ©2009 Brenda Gael Smith
Double Six ©2009 Brenda Gael Smith
Introspection ©2009
Lost & Found at Fromelles ©2009
Desire Lines #2: Caliente ©2009
Double Six ©2009
Colourplay Series (2009-2011)
Argyle Diamonds ©2010 Brenda Gael Smith
A Feeling for Snow ©2010 Brenda Gael Smith
Harakeke ©2010 Brenda Gael Smith
Lupins ©2010 Brenda Gael Smith
Argyle Diamonds ©2009
A Feeling for Snow ©2010
Harakeke ©2010
Lupins ©2010
Lorikeet Circus ©2010 Brenda Gael Smith
A Lasting Impression ©2010 Brenda Gael Smith
Once Submerged
Copacabana Sentinels by Brenda Gael Smith
Lorikeet Circus ©2010
A Lasting Impression ©2010
Once Submerged ©2011
Copacabana Sentinels ©2011
Bamboo ©2011 Brenda Gael Smith
Bush Tucker Tracks ©2011 Brenda Gael Smith
Suits
Firewheel Trio by Brenda Gael Smith
Bamboo ©2011
Bush Tucker Tracks ©2011
Suits ©2011
Firewheel Trio ©2011
2012 Series
Sturt's Spurt © 2012 Brenda Gael Smith Twelve Ways by Brenda Gael Smith After the Big Wet by Brenda Square Peg - Round Holes by Brenda Sweet Dreams by Brenda
Sturt’s Spurt
20x12in ©2012
Twelve Ways
20x12in ©2012
Catching the Sun
20x12in ©2012
Square Peg:
Round Holes
20x12in ©2012
Sweet Dreams
20x12in ©2012

The quilts shown above are my “official” contributions to the Twelve by Twelve project.In addition, I made several other quilts in this format along the way including:

Organic Chocolate Trio

Organic Chocolate Trio 3 x 30cm x 30cm ©2008
Rose Moderne ©2009 Brenda Gael Smith
Make a Wish ©2007 Brenda Gael Smith
Dandelion Meadow ©2007 Brenda Gael Smith
Esprit de Corps
Rose Moderne ©2009
Make a Wish ©2007
Dandelion Meadow©2008
Esprit de Corps©2008
Once in a Blue Moon ©2010 Brenda Gael Smith
Ice Crystals ©2010 Brenda Gael Smith
Harakeke #2©2010 Brenda Gael Smith
Dreamlines#4©2010 Brenda Gael Smith
Once in a Blue Moon ©2010
Ice Crystals ©2010
Harakeke #2 ©2010
Dreamlines#4 ©2010

I acknowledge that I live and create on the land of the Darkinjung and Guringai people and recognise their continuing connection to this place. I pay my respects to Elders past, present and emerging and extend that respect to all First Nations people.

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Brenda Gael Smith
Contemporary Textile Art

brenda@brendagaelsmith.com

PO Box 4033, Copacabana
NSW 2251 Australia

Tel: +61 412530190

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On exhibition

  • 10 October – 12 December 2022 Dysart Art Space, Dysart, Queensland
    Australia Wide Eight
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    1 October - 3 December 2022: View Centre of the Arts & Culture, New York
    2022 Quilts Unlimited
  • rust and green triangle shapes on a dark background
    3 October – 26 November 2022 Kyabram Town Hall, Kyabram, Victoria
    One Step Further
Happiness is watching young Miss C in Rio de Janei Happiness is watching young Miss C in Rio de Janeiro finally opening her Melody 33 quilt after 15+months of the parcel bouncing around the international postal system. 😍 #melody33 #babyquilt #melodyqal #wrappedinlove
Vibrance: Tiptoe Through the Tulips has been selec Vibrance: Tiptoe Through the Tulips has been selected as 1 of 30 finalists in the AQC Challenge 2023 - In Full Bloom. This is a detail. I will write more later.
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See the full artwork in the cloth at the Australasian Quilt Convention in Melbourne from 13-16 April and then on tour to Craft & Quilt Fairs in 2023.

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#aqcchallenge2023 #infullbloom #australasianquiltconvention #tulips #brendagaelsmithart #saqaart #ozqnart
Join me for my Zig Zag Pizzazz demo at the next Gl Join me for my Zig Zag Pizzazz demo at the next Global Quilt Connection All Star Sampler Platter event coming up on 6 and & 7 May 2024 (3-6pm Eastern US time). Create energetic designs with flair and style using zig zag freeform piecing techniques⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️

open to groups, guilds and individuals. A recording will be available for a limited time too.

Repost from @globalquiltconnection
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6 hours (over two days) of 15-minute demonstrations by Global Quilt Connection teachers.
Guilds purchase a ticket and receive a viewing link that they are then licensed to distribute to their membership.
Mark your calendars for May 6 as you'll want to catch these modern, improvisational piecing techniques led by:
⭐Diane Harris: Maps for Scraps: StarQuar & Beyond @stashbanditquilts
⭐Brenda Gael Smith: Zig Zag Pizazz @brendagaelsmith 
Sign up for All-Star Sampler Platter
https://www.globalquiltconnection.com/samplerplatters
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#virtualquiltlectures #onlinequiltworkshops #onlinequiltlectures #onlinequiltteachers #quilting #quilt #allstarvirtualsamperplatter #artquilts #artquilting #modernquilts #improvpiecing #improvisationalpiecing #improvquilting #improvisationalquilting
Water-sun-life by #volkerhawighorst #recyclerepurp Water-sun-life by #volkerhawighorst
#recyclerepurposed
#breadtags 

If you are intrigued by the design possibilities of every day objects, check out the #quiltfromthings #quiltfromabrief design challenge  that Tara Glastonbury @stitchandyarn is running. 

Design a quilt using photographs of everyday objects  by midnight 15 March AEDT for a chance to win a copy of EQ8!

@theelectricquiltcompany 
@makemodernmagazine 

#quiltfromthings 
#doyoueq 
#eq8giveaway 
#EQ8 #quiltpattern 
#quiltdesign 
#designideas 

PS: this is NOT an entry but there are some great designs there🙂

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