Butterflys Are Free to Stitch

I wish there were a few more of me--I like to do too many things! One of my favorite things is just to sit with a nice glass of ice tea and cross-stitch...preferably by a pool or the deck when there's a nice breeze. Summer is a busy time around here when the garden is in full swing, so when I finally settle down it's nice to have a couple of projects going in my cross-stitch bag--usually a bigger project, and then small quick-to-stitch things, depending on my mood. In my bag right now is some butterfly stitching for a tote bag, and some for my next mixed-media project. In the meantime, I finished a little saying I made up, and this piece will probably become a wall hanging when I think of another saying to stitch to go with it. So maybe it will find its finishing sometime this winter when I'm all cozy with a mug of hot chocolate and don't have to worry about watering the garden.

Thanks to Helen Traphagan for photographing my nesting dolls!

Eat, write, dream, and stitch your heart out!