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, March 14, 2011

Fabric choices...and first block

I finally decided on the fabrics to use......and decided to use just two......but might have to modify as I don't have enough of the paisley for the border......it's an old Three Sisters fabric Peace on Earth - pattern #3922 Paisley on Red (just in case someone has a piece they want to swap/sell).......anyhoo...happy with the block I have finished....just need to keep stitching now........
'Til next time.....Lorraine

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

lovely choice of fabrics Lorraine

Anonymous said...

It looks great!
Mama Bear

Chookyblue...... said...

nice block..........love the fabrics........

Anonymous said...

Hope you can find some spare, L! Your block looks great!! :)

Kiwifruit-Shiree said...

lovely fabric Lorraine!!

Miss Hillbilly said...

I really like your fabric selection!

Susan said...

Hvae you tried the Quiters store - they do have some Peace on Earth. though I cnat see a red version - might be worth a try. Here is the link
http://www.quiltersstore.com.au/index.aspx?KW=peace%20on%20earth&page=2&_brand=

Susan said...

it Susan again - and I sincerely apolgise for all those typos. Another thought is to try Thread & Ginger - a friend of mine recently picked up a kit for Tis the Season using that paisley