A challenge!

A group of twelve friends (including me!) from Australia and New Zealand have decided to set ourselves a challenge. Very similar to the Twelve by 12 challenge but ours will be 12" x 9" in size. Every two months we will produce a small quilt with a theme chosen in turn by each of us. Our first theme is 'TWELVE', due at the end of September.   I decided to try something I haven't done before - quilt the background before adding the applique!  Much easier than trying to go round it!  I will show you the finished quilt soon. Hopefully I will be able to show you some of the others too. I really enjoyed thinking about 'twelve'.