Fun in my fabric world....

Sunday, September 18, 2011

Playing catch up.

It has been a good weekend...a visit from some dear friends who had moved away...and some time to stitch.
The weather has turned very spring like and my garden is waking up. I love seeing the blossoms and leaf buds...a nice time of year.
And some time to sew...there is so much started and needing completion it was hard to know what to pick up first. After some inspiration from Kate while I was in Singapore, I have succumbed to the temptation of The Circle Game from amitie...loving this! hand piecing is so relaxing...and it is laying flat!
 I stitched this little cross stitch pear together and added a real pear stem...
and worked on an ottoman I bought at the Sydney craft show...I had fun with the machine construction!
Cardygirl xx



25 comments:

Quilt Kitty said...

Love that pear! Sounds like you have the opposite weather to Perth. We have gone nasty wintersih, stormy, rain, gale force winds & cold. Very unPerth like. Nice stitching weather though. Tracee xx

Cathy @ CabbageQuilts said...

Gorgeous stitching Alison. I too have been tempted to give in to the circles from Amitie. Haven't jumped yet but v close! So nice you could catch up with an old friend too. xo

Mary said...

Love the circle!

Anonymous said...

i also love that pear Alison,well done a great lot of projects there,i think your sewing mojo has come back,lol

suzitee said...

cute cute cute! Great to see you stitching again :)

Siobhán said...

The circle looks great! I just love that pear. Beautiful stitching and finishing!

Anonymous said...

I love the cross stitch pear! That is really neat.

Peg - Happy In Quilting said...

Oh Cardy, the circles are amazing.....nice to see you are keeping busy....xx

Anonymous said...

Lovely circle! and the pear cross stitch is very sweet.

Unknown said...

Nice to see you have had some Stitching Time Again...Great Circle and I Do Love Your Pear..Gorgeous.
Cheers.

Fiona said...

Such interesting projects... I have never seen those circles.... amazing...
Hugz

Julia said...

LOVE the circle Alison..
I saw the Ottoman at our last show...nearly bought the pattern.
The pear is lovely too!

Linda said...

Pear is just darling!!!

Razzle Dazzle Quilter said...

Hi di hi
Can you tell me more about the circle game please? I used the link and failed to find out anything about it.
Cheers
Linda
Taupo
NZ

Chocolate Cat said...

The pear looks great! We are never without a project are we??

Kiwifruit-Shiree said...

lovely lovely stitching Alison!

Dianne Mitzel said...

I visited the blog also, and saw nothing about the circle, would love to have the pattern, your work is lovely!! Love the pear, looks so Fallish..

Nicky said...

Lovely projects Alison, that pear is beautiful, gorgeous finishing as always. Happy stitching, Nicky

Miriam said...

I love your pear! Beautiful work!

Janet said...

Some fun projects getting done at your place. Love that you've jumped in on the circles and that pear is gorgeous.

Abby and Stephanie said...

Oh goodness I'm smitten with your pear.

Googy Girl said...

the circle game disk looks great....love the pear...love that you used a real pear stalk....

DAWNIE said...

That Circle that you have pieced is just gorgeous

LuAnn said...

I really love that circle...great fabrics!

Stacey Lang said...

That was surely looking pretty good. The circle looks very attractive, nice choice of color. Very crafty stuffs!
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