Waiting for sunlight

I had a hard time setting to work with this colour scheme. It was so dark! Too dark for me.
As often when I'm stuck, I went through my photos and picked out a few that I found inspiring. There was an old one of blooming chives, taken in my garden, that I really liked. I wanted to do some hand embroidery for this quilt, and those small flowers were perfect.
I also found inspiration in a few of my other colourplay pieces for the general design of my quilt.
The fabrics are all home-dyed.
After all, this quilt doesn't look that dark, but I'm so ready for a happier palette! (Sorry Nikki! :-) )
Here are a few detail shots...
Go have a look at the Twelve by Twelve blog to see the quilts made by the other members of the group...

Done!

My "Eggplant" quilt is done. Now I have to clean up all that mess I've got in my workroom... These are the prints that I didn't use... And these are some candy wrappers in assorted colours...
I didn't use them either, but I found them quite inspiring, and of course, I did eat the candies!
And now, here's a very tiny peek at my quilt...
The 12 quilts of the "Eggplant" colourplay challenge will be revealed in two days on the Twelve by Twelve blog.

Beginnings

Today I tried the designs I had sketched for the next Twelve by Twelve quilt. Nothing worked.
I then printed some of my fabrics and got a few nice results but that didn't really help.
While looking at my other 12x12 Colourplay quilts, I had another idea and I quickly wrote down everything.
And this is how the studio floor looks tonight... Tomorrow, I'm going to start sewing.
This other project that I have in mind will have to wait...
And this one too...