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Monday, 27 June 2011

A friendship page

This is the friendship page I stitched for Amy. As you know I usually stitch miniature but this was stitched on Lakeside linen Vintage Buttercream 32ct with the recommended DMC threads. The pattern is an OOP Prairie Schooler 'Friends & More Friends' . It seemed strange to stitch on 32ct after using such high count linens, and to use DMC threads instead of silks but I enjoyed stitching it and I hope that Amy will be pleased to receive a page for her Friendship Book.

My strawberry pot has been producing a fair amount of strawberries, probably down to having new plants this year. And not only ordinary strawberries, there has been a few strange shapes like this little foot and even Siamese twins! Both were delicious!

The strawberries gave me inspiration for a new design - Sew Strawberry Fields. The chart is done and I need to stitch a model. Sew Forth and Sew Scattered are both charted and stitched but I need to 'finish' the models so I think a finishing afternoon is in order but not today - we are having a mini heatwave and it's much too warm to stay inside. So ... I am off to the garden with my latest book.

Thanks for visiting

Take care

Labels: Garden, iStitch Designs

11 Comments:

On 27 June 2011 at 13:39, Hazel

Lovely friendship page! Look forward to seeing your new designs. x
On 27 June 2011 at 13:46, staci

Lovely stitching Carol, I'm sure that Amy is thrilled to have it! Enjoy your strawberries (the birds have eaten the few we had!)
On 27 June 2011 at 15:29, Carol

I just love your latest finish, Carol--very, very pretty :)
On 27 June 2011 at 16:13, Bertie

Oh Carol that is gorgeous, beautifully stitched even though it's large for you lol.
Such a shame these patterns are out of print.
On 27 June 2011 at 17:07, valerie

Lovely friendship page for Amy. I'm sure she's thrilled! Those are interesting strawberries....

Enjoy your time in the garden.
On 28 June 2011 at 00:48, Maggee

Looking forward to your latest designs! Hugs.
On 28 June 2011 at 03:22, Brenda

Absolutely beautiful stitching! And your strawberries look yummy too!
On 28 June 2011 at 14:32, Valerie

What a lovely friendship page! I look forward to seeing the new design!
On 28 June 2011 at 19:36, Unknown

nice stitching! love your strawberries, I am producing a lot of strawberries as well this year (in 3 pots) and mine come out in strange shapes too :-)
On 29 June 2011 at 17:01, Anonymous

Very pretty. Can't imagine you stitching on such high count :-)
On 30 June 2011 at 13:41, Amy

OMG Carol, you're finished already!?!? It's lovely - thank you so much!! You're a dear heart - it's wonderful! :-)