Auditioning fabrics

I spent the day yesterday auditioning fabrics for my next piece based on Ibn Gvirol's "Autumn Wrote" (translated elsewhere by T. Carmi as "Earth's Embroidery"--google it if you're interested). As many fabrics as went up on my design wall came down. They just didn't seem right and the precise concept wasn't coming to me.
There's something to be said about walking away from something and coming back with fresh eyes.
I am going to use my newly-learned Kool-Aid dyeing skills to dye a piece of white duppioni silk in sky blue and crimson "ink". And my clouds will be word clouds in English and Hebrew (on what fabric yet to be determined. And Autumn's hand writing with lightning will probably be organza.
I still have to figure out how to do earth's flower beds -- I may use some of my flowery prints for that but I am using bold silk flowers saved from a lei someone gave Menachem.
So once I locate the blueberry flavoured sugarless drink crystals, I'm in business.
And since I think I am hosting the FibreArts group on Sunday, we can try out the Kool-Aid dyeing techniques (blobs, mist spray, painting). I can hardly wait to get started.