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It is about a million and one degrees outside and I admit it is making me a little cranky. July and August are not my favorite months of the year.

Here's one of my recent cross-stitchy projects. I decided to try something new and made a mattress style pincushion. I used the Coté Passions' instructions, which despite being in French are still pretty easy to understand, what with all the pictures and Babelfish.


The pattern is called Blue Mountain Bunny by the Sweetheart Tree. I used Caron Waterlilies silk in Aquamarine.

I really like this style of finishing, except that it uses up a lot of fabric. Very easy to put together.



I needed something to take up space for the back, so I stitched a quote from Le Petit Prince by Antoine de Saint Exupéry. No particular reason why, it's just one of my favorite children's books. It's a bit hard to read in the picture, so here is the quote: "It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."

I bought Blue Bell Blackberry Cobbler ice cream at the grocery store today. Going to pig out, brb.