A small quilt

This is a quilt I made last month with fabric scraps from my Twelve by Twelve projects. I dyed so much fabric, especially for the Colorplay series...

I'll try and use those fabrics for a new project that I can't show on the blog yet. I think I'm almost ready to start working on larger quilts again.
In the meantime, and when I'm not studying my Japanese vocabulary, I've been playing a lot in my sketchbooks, experimenting with watercolours and acrylics.

I also dug out some old sketchbooks that I had forgotten about...

Not sure I'm going to keep all this.... Maybe just cut out what I feel is usable... What do you think?

April in pictures

Twelve by Twelve in Melbourne!

Our Colorplay quilts will be on display at the Australasian Quilt Convention! It's from Thursday April 18th until Sunday April 21st, and you can even meet Brenda and Kirsty.
See here

Grandma again!

My second granddaughter arrived a few days ago!
Her proud big sister made this beautiful drawing after seeing her for the first time.

The little one was a bit too early, but she's doing great. Mom and dad are fine too.
Grandma and grandpa think that she's as cute as her big sister.
:-))

And now to find the time to put those last stitches to the baby quilt!

February

February is almost over, already!
This month, I spent more time studying Japanese than sewing, quilting or weaving.
I know about 100 kanji. It means that I know their meaning, but I'm not able yet to write them all correctly. But with this, I can sometimes understand simple sentences here and there on some Japanese websites and blogs.

I took care of my little granddaughter during Carnival week. This is her last painting...

Isn't it funny how her colour palette matches mine?

February was very cold and grey. I am totally ready for this...

More snow

We had a little more snow this morning. It's still freezing but that shouldn't last very long anymore.

Here are some results of the snow dyeing experiments I did last week.

The colours are not very deep. I guess I didn't let the fabric cure long enough. Below are two pictures of the fabric before washing.

Except for the little red spots, I rather like these kind of  flower patterns.
The other results were disappointing.

I must admit that I was a little careless about the preparations. But that's ok, it was a nice experiment  and the fabrics will be printed or overdyed.

If you want to see really nice snow dyed fabrics, you should visit Julies' blog, here.  Btw, she is responsible for tempting me to do these experiments. Merci Julie!

About fabric printing, I plan to make another quilt with my "wagashi" leftovers.

Genki desu...

... which means I'm fine.

I spent most of yesterday in my studio and I'm glad to report that my loom is now ready for a new project.

I'll start weaving tomorrow.

Yesterday, I also managed to take a decent picture of this quilt...

I named it "Rose in Autumn II". Do you remember? I dyed the fabrics for my first Twelve by Twelve Colorplay quilt. Which makes me think that the Colorplay quilts are now Down Under, almost ready to start their 2013 tour.
And just one more picture of snow, quickly before it's gone.

I tried snow dyeing the other day. The results were not particularly exciting except for a few pieces which gave me ideas for other experiments. I'll post pictures in a few days.