Progress?

So Menachem brought me blue Kool-Aid. The colour is cool but the project was a bust. The cherry and raspberry which I hoped would be crimson turned out pink. I tried all of my blue cottons, front and back, but everything was too dark.
I was trying to tone them down by putting organza over them when the phone rang. My mother wanted me to meet her downtown. So we met up at Honest Ed's and went to Mirvish Books. She got the book she wanted and then we walked along Bloor a little. The weather was quite nice so we sat outside for lunch at the By The Way Cafe. We both had salads. Our plan was to continue walking but Mom was getting tired so we cut it short. I escorted her home by TTC, taking the roundabout way home to do so.
On my way home, I visited Fabricland and bought two half metre cuts of two light blue fabrics. I know I vowed not to purchase fabric and use up my stash but I just didn't have light blue for the sky. I console myself with the fact that the fabrics were both 40% off so they only came to just over $10. One of them is perfect for the sky. It's a batik with swirls and just a hint of purple which will suffice for crimson. So now I have to figure out onto what to print my word clouds (silk, organza), how many clouds to use, and how to simulate rain. I have some ideas so I'll just have to go with the flow.
Tomorrow I am hosting my FibreArts group. Unless someone has a better project, we'll be Kool-Aid microwaving silk scarves and maybe shaving cream marbling fabric.
Report to follow, along with the photos previously promised...