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........
Saturday, May 15, 2010
Starting to Cut
Okay - I finished stitching the bird bath and am almost done watering the garden. I am starting to cut fabric. Just wondering - did most of you use the 10 fabrics and cut all of your squares at once or are some using more than 10 fabrics?
Don't know how many fabrics I'm using but definately more than 10. I took a bit from the inner and outer borders and then I raided my stash to find small pieces of fabric suitable for the DMC threads listed in the book. Keep stitching. Pia
I have a little over 20 different fabrics and then the two different borders in my quilt. I really couldn't have done it with 10 - especially the blocks with the tiny little squares with some having 18 squares - I had to have 18 different ones!!! I cut all my fabrics except for the borders of the stitcheries, after laying out each block I chose the finishing border to go with.
Thanks everyone. I feel the same way. I have about 20 or more that I wanted to use also and don't think I could have stuck with just 10. Thanks for the great help and advice! Hope to post my first block soon!
I cut the first 10 and then looked through my stashed and chose a few more that I like that seemed to blend in. I have a few strips cut that I need to finish cutting the pieces from. I'll do that when I sew the A block. Mama Bear
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Don't know how many fabrics I'm using but definately more than 10.
I took a bit from the inner and outer borders and then I raided my stash to find small pieces of fabric suitable for the DMC threads listed in the book.
Keep stitching. Pia
I have a little over 20 different fabrics and then the two different borders in my quilt. I really couldn't have done it with 10 - especially the blocks with the tiny little squares with some having 18 squares - I had to have 18 different ones!!! I cut all my fabrics except for the borders of the stitcheries, after laying out each block I chose the finishing border to go with.
I've picked more than 10 also. I'm using the extra ones for the additional cutting. I had a stash of the range I'm using and couldn't pick just 10.
Thanks everyone. I feel the same way. I have about 20 or more that I wanted to use also and don't think I could have stuck with just 10. Thanks for the great help and advice! Hope to post my first block soon!
Lori
I cut the first 10 and then looked through my stashed and chose a few more that I like that seemed to blend in. I have a few strips cut that I need to finish cutting the pieces from. I'll do that when I sew the A block.
Mama Bear
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