Rose prints

I made two screens from the rosebud picture, and did some test prints on my deconstructed printed fabric. First, I used thickened dyes, then I did some kind of echo printing with fabric paint. Some of the images turned out rather good. I plan to use them in a second pink quilt (as soon as I find the time to do this!)
This is how the rosebud now looks in real life...
And Saint Nicolas came to our home this weekend... Like Gerrie (and her dog Scooter :-)), we are slowly getting into holiday mood here...

Small quilts

I've been fighting off a nasty virus, and I forgot to post these two little A4 quilts that I sent last week to Laura for her Colours of Africa project...
The other day I found a tiny little rosebud in the garden.
I took a few pictures of it, and played with them on the computer. I might use this for my 12x12 pink quilt...

Is this pink?

For me, it is pink. Well, it is fuschia, which is a kind of pink. Isn'it?
I've carefully added more turquoise dye in some spots.
I rather like how it looks now, but it still needs something more...
And after all this thinking and experimenting, this is what I cooked for our dinner today... tofu, mushrooms, green beans, and red bell pepper...

Exciting news!

The Twelve by Twelve artists are excited twelve times over to announce that:

Sterling Publications/Lark Books will be publishing a book on our Twelve by Twelve Collaborative Art Quilt project!

We are thrilled beyond words to have this wonderful opportunity, and so happy that our art endeavors and friendships are turning us into authors, too. We know that Lark was impressed by the loyal folks who follow our blogs and website, so thanks to all of you friends-of-Twelves for your encouraging words through our explorations!

We'll keep you posted as we know publication dates.

Pink again

My pink printed fabrics have been hanging on the design wall for a few days...
Today, I started to cut them up. I'm slowly beginning to see what I could do with them, but I don't know yet if I will use them for my pink 12x12 quilt. I have another idea that I need to sketch out. Or maybe I could combine both ideas...
Yesterday, there was no time for sewing or drawing because I had to take care of this baby...
She was a very good girl, as always.
And next are two pictures that DH took for me some time ago and that I forgot to post...

Some other pictures...

... for inspiration,
not pink this time...
No sewing these last days. I've been busy with other things, like sorting, cleaning, renovating... Hope to be back at the sewing machine in a week or two, and in my new playroom!

Pink...

... inspiration for my next 12x12 piece...