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, February 23, 2011

The excitement is building....

Hi everyone. I'm one of the new girls who joined up to do 'Tis the Season-Diann from the USA. I've never participated in a stitch along before, but it seems like any project is more fun when there's someone to share it with. I'm really happy to be doing this one with all of you.

I've got my book and I've finally chosen my fabrics. The background is white on white with a pebbly look. My quilt will be more scrappy than some. All the fabrics have come from my stash , but I may need to purchase some for the borders. At least that's not an immediate concern.


It's hard to decide which color floss. Here are the ones I'm considering. Any thoughts? In case you can't read the numbers, they are 304, 150, 326, 321, and 498, going from left to right. I'm going to look again in the morning in daylight. In the photograph some of them look a lot more pink than they do in person.

4 comments:

Cardygirl said...

Welcome to the SAL! Your fabrics look great. I have always been a fan of 321. Enjoy.

Love Bears All Things said...

I like your choices...I think the first one of the threads is my favorite.
Mama Bear

Chookyblue...... said...

nice choice of fabrics..........and not sure about the thread.......you could use a mixture too if you want...........

kokina said...

ciao,
i have always done redwork with the classics: 321, 815, 489...

this time i will follow Natalie suggestion, the 221 is really warm and looks good both with reds and pinks.