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, June 9, 2010

Block C and some stitcheries


Good morning, It is Wednesday morning here and looks as if it might rain. The Maple tree beside the patio is being windblown and I can hear the chimes.. My granddaughter has come to spend the day and night. I need to get off the computer and spend some time with her. We're doing a devotional together and she loves to work in the craft room with me.
I have a new friend. Lee and I have been chatting back and forth with emails. I didn't realize there were other Stateside participants until she got in touch with me...So I had an idea...It would be nice to know where everyone is located. We could just add it to our signature at the end of our posts...I hope you will join me. I know many of you are Australian...Thanks!
Mama Bear
Huntsville, Alabama, USA

9 comments:

Sofia Amaral M. said...

I love your stitches:)
I'm Sofia, from Portugal,and I live in Lisbon but at every week end I go to Banzão/ Sintra. Sintra is one the most beautiful place near Lisbon. Take a look in the images of google!
I hope you understand my english!!!

Chookyblue...... said...

block C done - excellent..........lovely fabrics.........and you sure have been busy with some other stitcheries.........they look great........I need to trace the hosue off so I better get a move on........is Lee going to join the group???
there are a few USA girls then the Northern hemisphere and lots of Aussies.......

Anita said...

Your finished block is very pretty, and great job on getting all those stitcheries done!
I live in Sydney, Australia but have been a bit quiet on here as I am lagging behind dreadfully with this project - nothing new LOL

Anita said...

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Lolastitchida said...

Your block is beautiful and you have been very busy with your stitcheries. I live in Ontario, Canada. I think I am the only one from Canada?

Jytte R said...

Your block is beautiful and you have done so many stitcheries already. You are close to one more block.
Jytte R - Denmark

Debbie said...

Your stitcheries look lovely, what do you back them with? They look very smooth.

Anonymous said...

Chooky Blue, to answer your question: Lee is a friend of Jennifer who posted for her on June 3rd. Lee doesn't have a blog but is stitching along with us. She lives in North Carolina, USA

Debbie, I am using a stabilizer for embroidery on machines. I don't have the brand name right now but I bought it at a quilt shop...At first, I was using one called Silky but it was too much like paper. This one is more like interfacing..I also use this for applique on my machine when I stich around it... I couldn't find the product Chooky is using here in my area....I trace with a water soluble pen so after I cut the piece, I wash it off and blot it between towels-then I iron it when it dries. Thanks for the compliment.
Mama Bear

Anonymous said...

Lovely block Mama Bear. Great idea with the "where we are from". I'll do that next time too.
Hugs Fiona@Dragonfly-Crafts (Australia)