Princess Bubbles Creates

  LeeAnna  has asked What would be your favorite insect and why? think about the good or pretty insects out there not just annoying ones... did you ever capture lightning bugs in a jar as a kid? Oh, I love butterflies!  They are like flying flowers.  There is a butterfly conservatory in Niagara Falls where I shot these photos.  There is also one closer to home.  I haven't been there for a while, though. I also love dragonflies but it is harder to get a good photo of them.  They are beautiful and they eat other nasty bugs! I don't think I ever captured lightning bugs in a jar.  I have had some beautiful walks in the evening and seen many of them light up.  It is so magical.  Actually, last summer, while sitting on the deck, there were some close by.  So fun. I love that we are finally getting some good weather.  It is warm enough to enjoy being outside.  Not so hot that we have to turn on the A/C.  Perfect! I got to se...

  I am working on another funky chair.  This one will go on my front porch, which is enclosed.  I put a love seat there and now it needs a chair.  I have painted the fabric on the back of the chair.  There are three polka dots.  I couldn't fit them all in the photo.  The seat I am going to cover with the funky patchwork fabric.  It isn't attached yet.  I might add one more patch.  I think it needs another pop of colour.

 Happy Monday!  The weather is glorious today.  It is hard to pull myself into the house to write a blog post!  I would much rather be outside colouring one of my mandala prints like this one!

Somehow, my butterfly got buried and forgotten about for the last few weeks.  I have brought her out to play and have added more stitches.  There is room for a new stitch I want to try.  Hopefully, I will be able to do that today.  The weather looks good for sitting on the deck and stitching. Once I try that new stitch, there won't be a lot of room left for any more stitching.  It is possible I could finish this cheerful butterfly today!  I will need to get out the fabric scraps to start a new one.  I am doing a series of nine of these butterflies. I am linking to https://kathysquilts.blogspot.com/  

 Well, maybe this isn't going to be as interesting as I thought!  It is the straight line of the fibres that is bothering me.  I will definitely not be stitching them down in a straight line!  It has been a while since I worked on a scroll.  I find scrolls to be so relaxing.  I went through my magnificent stash of fibres and picked out some to stitch down.   I must play with them a bit.  Maybe I could add knots to them.  Maybe I could separate the bundle in a few places.  Maybe I could use beads to couch the fibres down.   All of these fabric squares were painted, printed, and otherwise decorated by me. There is always a certain amount of pleasure in using my own fabrics! 

 I tried something a bit different with this mandala.  I printed one of my designs on some lovely cotton paper that was gifted to me.  I added watercolour.  That paper held up really well, considering it is copy paper.  I then added some pen and ink work.  I am tempted to add a bit more of that.  I also need to cut out the mandala as the watercolour ran all over the place.