1st SAL.....Peg, Dale and I committed to stitching Anni Downs - A Gardener's Journal in March. I blogged about this on my blog thinking maybe one or 2 others may join us and lots of girls indicated an interest so I decided to start this blog where we can all encourage each other to meet the goals set along the way....March 2010 -March 2011...........
2nd SAL ......well so many of the girls wanted to continue on with another project and some new girls joined us and now approx 91 girls are stitching Natalie Bird's Tis the Season. March to Sept 2011...............
3rd SAL....many girls want to stick with the SAL so now we have moved onto Anni Downs Some Kind of Wonderful - My Favourite Things Quilt.......Oct 2011-Oct 2012.........
Where are we now.....
4th SAL 2013...is numerous smaller projects from the previous 2 books Tis the Season and Some Kind of Wonderful plus some projects from Red Home by Natalie Bird approx 60 ladies stitching together.........
2014 we had the year off..............
5th SAL 2015..........inspired to continue we are doing another quilt project.....Anni Downs newest quilt Natures Journey.....
6th SAL 2017.............A Holly Cottage Christmas by Michelle Ridgway.......once again the pattern is in an affordable book so it is easy for everyone to join in...........and you can raid your stash for the fabrics........or lash out and buy a the whole lot........this SAL will be run by Fiona aka Bubz Rugz and Raewyn........
Chookyblue........

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Hello from Huntsville, Alabama in the USA

Thank you for allowing me to join you on this stitch-a-long. I just discovered you all at the end of last week. I love what you're doing. I had to order the book from Australia, couldn't find it in the US at least not online. Hopefully, it won't take as long as they said to ship. I got it from Patchwork Angel.
I have read all of your posts and seen your lovely work. I'm going to be behind but that's okay. I had these fabrics and I thought they would be good for this project.What do you think? What do you think I should use for the background on the stitching and the backing for it. I read that you are using different things. I like the idea of using one color thread as some of you are doing but I like the ones with different colors, too.
Looking forward to more posts and pictures from you.
Mama Bear(Sammie on the sidebar)

6 comments:

Chookyblue...... said...

just clicked on the pic to see the fabrics bigger........I would use the cream between the pink and green.......lovely choice of fabrics.......welcome to the group.......and happy stitching.......

Sofia Amaral M. said...

Hi :)
I like yours fabrics!
Welcome and enjoy it:)))
Sofia

Love Bears All Things said...

Thanks for the welcome. I feel like this is a super group of ladies and look forward to getting to know all of you better in the coming months.
Mama Bear

Grethe said...

Welcome to you as well, like your fabrics! I am so glad I joined this stitch-in, somebody to hold track of everything is great.
Happy Stitching to you:-)

Margaret said...

All of your fabric would lend to one colour stitching, are you going for red. blu or green ? We will have to wait and see Margaret

Jindi's Cottage said...

Welcome Mama Bear. Lovely fabrics, looking foward to seeing your blocks. You are not alone in being behind...I'm still waiting on my background fabric to arrive so I can start stitching!