Fabric scraps and yarn play

I've been sewing fabric scraps again. Japanese fabrics mainly. Here's a picture of my design wall today...

Each block is a 4''x4'' square. The idea is to make a quilt for the sofa. Yes, I need to make many more blocks, but I'm going slowly... One hour of Japanese, 15 minutes of sewing, one hour of Japanese, etc..

During the summer, I started crocheting a ripple blanket, inspired by the lovely Lucy at Attic24. (Please have a look at her beautiful blog!)
I just wanted to finish up all my yarn leftovers, but of course I ended up buying some new yarn...

And now, I've got more leftovers, so I've been making these little granny squares...

I don't know yet what I'll do with them. Maybe a little blanket for my GD's doll.

Next are a few pictures of my GD's first try at counted-thread embroidery. First, she did straight stitches...

Then, half stitches...

I think she's almost ready for cross stitch.

Labouring over grisaille

The last days, and nights, involved going back to the drawing board,
unpicking stitches,choosing new threads, doing samples (again),
hand stitching,
sewing the binding, at last,
and finally, taking pictures...
I think I'm done with this one now.

Sunset Tide

A few weeks ago, I was sitting beside an estuary in Wales on a nice and quiet evening. The tide was out and there was an almost perfect symmetry between the far away mountain and the shape of the foreground rock. I did a quick little sketch because I knew I had to make a quilt out of this.
Back home, I did more sketches, simplifying the landscape until I was happy with it. This became my Spice quilt.
Here are some details...
I've had a hard time photographing this quilt. The colours seem to be changing all the time.
And, of course, today is the reveal of the Spice Colourplay challenge 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...