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, September 25, 2010

130 .... Counting the hours!!!


Hello my SAL friends:-)

At last something from me,glad to show you! And yes,aprox 130 hours before the deadline for block F, Chookyblue`s and my own! It suits me to stick to a plan. Hopefully it works this month too?

Well,here you see my stitchery of block F. I do a wee bit of combinations of stitches,stem and backstitch.I know when I get the quilt up on the wall,I do not see the small mistakes I saw before.

At the moment the rain is pouring down outside. The Autumn is here. I have
always something to stitch,to sit quietly stitching for an hour or so is very pieceful. In the mail to day I got a full envelope from Fatquarter Shop.
Nothing to do with a Gardeners Journal. But sure you would like to know!!:
a Layer Cake/Breakfast at Fiffany`s,and the pattern of aTisket aTasket by Bunnyhill,so I am soon starting,about 1 year after almost everybody have finished.

Anyway,looking forward to showing you my GL block F by the end of this week.... Promising you....

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Grethe, Would you share the link for the Fat Quarter Shop? Your stitching looks great.
My Granddaughter says that is she resting in the garden with Yoshi, their dog by her side and my cat, Smokey in her lap.
Blessings,
Mama Bear

Jytte R said...

Grethe it looks all great. I am sure you will have it sewed together before the end of this month and chookyblue will be satisfied.
Jytte

By Hoki Quilts said...

Grethe you work is just lovely. The SAL has been so great as a 'springboard' to get some of us well and truly motivated, it sounds like you are already planning ahead ; ))

Chookyblue...... said...

if only Chookyblue got get back into her stitching..........your is looking great and I am sure you will meet the deadline..........enjoy your new fabrics........

Helen said...

Wow Grethe you are counting the hours.... sounds a bit scary to me really but like you I am trying to keep up with the plan.

Helen

suzitee said...

I have to admit, I have been drooling a lot over at the Fat Quarter Shop lately too...so many delicious fabrics are being released!
Good to see you keeping up to date with your stitching...it's looking beautiful!

Jindi's Cottage said...

Oh dear...there are way less than 130 hours left now and I haven't managed a GJ's stitch for about 3 weeks...
Your Block F stitcheries are lovely...