Fairy Dreams

My fiber arts group, The Dirty Dozen, has chosen to have a different person lead the program each month based on a theme. The program leader sends a few emails as guidance, and the individual members design a piece based on their interpretation or inspiration.

My assignment was "Dreams". I found this fabulous quote from the book Making Herbal Dream Pillows by Jim Long:

"In our dreams we are free

to fly through the night

on a butterfly's whisper,

or become a giant,

or have conversations with fairies."

The fairy fluttered around inside my head and insisted on being the star of the show, allowing the troll and knothead to play minor characters. They live in this old and twisted tree, built from paint, colored pencils and a touch of thread painting. I threw on some rubber mulch and a little butterfly of cheater fabric.

Be careful of those inspirations, though. The butterfly spoke up and wouldn't leave me alone until I planted a butterfly garden. Not an easy task for a brown thumb like mine!