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........

Monday, April 12, 2010

Still Stitching Along ... Slowly!!

I had big plans to finish the stitcheries for April's task over the weekend and even thought I'd start playing with the piecing ... but I overestimated how much I'd manage to fit into one weekend ... a VERY common problem in our household! :0) But ... I'm still stitching along ... slowly! Here's where I'm up to ...

The birdies now have a birdbath to ... er ... bath in! And I've built the fence and the garden edging and planted the shrub for 'Watering The Garden'. :0) I've used a few different colours to those listed, cos it was late at night and I just wanted to keep stitching, not wait to hit a shop for more threads the next day. Besides, I DID promise myself (and my Beloved Geek Boy!!) that I wouldn't buy anything to make this quilt - it was all supposed to come from my stash. We'll see how long I manage to keep THAT resolution! Tee! Hee! Hee!

It's so much fun to watch everyone's quilts grow and amazing to see the photos of blocks as they are finished in a huge variety of colours and fabrics. Every single quilt is going to look very different from the next and I kind of like that our quilts will end up reflecting a little bit of us all along the way! :0) Happy stitching everyone! Til next time ...

BEAR HUGS!
CHEERS!
KRIS

4 comments:

Seams Sew Together said...

Hi Kris, its good to see someone is at the same place I am. Life just keeps getting in the way. Never mind there's always this weekend.

Chookyblue...... said...

there is still plenty of time til the end of the month.........you've made good progress......

Kimonos and Sushi(OLD BLOG) said...

You are doing well.

Helen said...

Any progress is good I think so keep at it.

Helen