Heart to Heart

Before Christmas, I started making hearts 

from scrap fabrics, lace, yarn, etc. 

 I'd work on them when I needed a little handwork, 

but no serious thinking.  

Then with the advent of Valentine's Day, 

more hearts were in progress.  

Some I stuffed with flaxseed and lavender

 (what a pain, flaxseed and lavender do not go easily into the hearts, 

they cling to the fabric and struggle to escape); 

others I stuffed with polyfill, a much easier process.

Now, I have a basket filled with fabric scraps, 

some with hearts drawn on them already,

and lots of scraps of lace and other embellishments,

and I can work on hearts when I feel like it.

 Making the hearts is a soothing process.

I can listen to NPR

or watch Drama Fever or Netflix,

choose embellishments,

and embroidery floss,

thread needles,

and

stitch on machine or by hand.

 As I've been trying to de-stash, dispose of clutter,

and re-organize lately,

when I become overwhelmed,

I sit down and work on a heart.
Using up some of the scrappy stuff
in the "heart basket."