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



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25 comments:

  1. Quilt KittySeptember 18, 2011 at 8:48 PM

    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

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  2. Cathy @ CabbageQuiltsSeptember 18, 2011 at 9:23 PM

    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

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  3. MarySeptember 18, 2011 at 10:40 PM

    Love the circle!

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  4. AnonymousSeptember 18, 2011 at 10:41 PM

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

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  5. suziteeSeptember 18, 2011 at 11:16 PM

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

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  6. SiobhánSeptember 18, 2011 at 11:36 PM

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

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  7. AnonymousSeptember 19, 2011 at 2:52 AM

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

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  8. Peg - Happy In QuiltingSeptember 19, 2011 at 6:21 AM

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

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  9. AnonymousSeptember 19, 2011 at 6:53 AM

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

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  10. UnknownSeptember 19, 2011 at 7:20 AM

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

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  11. FionaSeptember 19, 2011 at 8:01 AM

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

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  12. JuliaSeptember 19, 2011 at 9:05 AM

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

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  13. Linda September 19, 2011 at 2:04 PM

    Pear is just darling!!!

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  14. Razzle Dazzle QuilterSeptember 19, 2011 at 3:40 PM

    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

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  15. Chocolate CatSeptember 19, 2011 at 7:19 PM

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

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  16. Kiwifruit-ShireeSeptember 19, 2011 at 9:20 PM

    lovely lovely stitching Alison!

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  17. Dianne MitzelSeptember 20, 2011 at 11:43 AM

    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..

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  18. NickySeptember 20, 2011 at 12:37 PM

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

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  19. MiriamSeptember 20, 2011 at 6:45 PM

    I love your pear! Beautiful work!

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  20. JanetSeptember 20, 2011 at 9:32 PM

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

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  21. Abby and StephanieSeptember 21, 2011 at 6:14 AM

    Oh goodness I'm smitten with your pear.

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  22. Googy GirlSeptember 23, 2011 at 11:08 AM

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

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  23. DAWNIESeptember 24, 2011 at 9:04 AM

    That Circle that you have pieced is just gorgeous

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  24. LuAnnSeptember 24, 2011 at 1:18 PM

    I really love that circle...great fabrics!

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  25. Stacey LangOctober 13, 2011 at 12:22 PM

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

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