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, October 1, 2011

I am finished - it WAS yesterday!!!!

Hey Girls!
I am pretty pleased with my TTS! I DID finish it yesterday, and sewed the hanging sleeve down early in the evening! It wasn't until I got to bed that I thought I forgot to put my pics up!



Happy with my hand quilting too! I quite like this part. It is a real nice feel to it!




I quilted in the centre of each border surrounding the blocks, then a 1/4" from each seam in the borders:




Thanks to Chooky for cracking that whip, Maree for telling me I forgot a letter in one of my stitcheries and to ALL you girls for the encouragement, and inspiration! They all look wonderful!

x Sarah

7 comments:

Chookyblue...... said...

looks great Sarah.......thanks for being part of the SAL.......your hand quilting is lovely..........

Lyn said...

A lovely quilt...you must be thrilled with it...it was great to have Chookyblue's encouragement to keep us all on target...

Cubby House Crafts said...

Congratulations Sarah, your quilt is Gorgeous and so is your hand quilting!!
Lisa

Anonymous said...

Looks gorgeous Sarah.... I was going to retry machine quilting my #2 but after seeing yours... I think I'll stick to hand quilting - it does look gorgeous!!

Simone de Klerk said...

Lovely! Great sashing. Never seen anything like it. Great choices.

Nicky said...

Just love your hand quilting - really makes this quilt special. Congratulations!

Susie said...

Wowwee - so impresed with the hand quilting. I love hand quilting myself - the fabrics are just divine!! Congratulations on completed. Happy Stitching, Susie