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........

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

A Finished Top

It took a while for me to decide what substitution
I wanted to make for the wooden chair block and once
I decided on Fall, I needed my Honey Bear to
draw me a football that I
could reproduce.




I have had the present block ready for a while now
 and just needed to do
the patchwork to go in between the last three blocks.


I plan to purchase some sheeting for the backing 
and hope to have it quilted by a new blogger who 
has just bought a long arm. With the buttons 
on my top, I'm not sure she can do it.
If not, I will quilt it by hand and if I have
to do that, there is no way I'll finish by the deadline.


I wasn't sure that I wanted to do this year's SAL
because of all the applique but once
I committed, it gave me the opportunity to learn 
needle turn and so I'm glad that I did this.
It has been a much larger and more time
consuming project than the other SALs which
I also completed. I am happy now to move on
to something else, hopefully a smaller
project.
I have the embroidery done for the pin cushion
and plan to complete it in the next few weeks.
Sammie
Mama Bear
Alabama, USA

4 comments:

Chookyblue...... said...

well done you have a top together Sammie.......hope your friend can quilt it for you.....

Fiona said...

beautifully done and a great achievement...
Hugz

Love Bears All Things said...

Thanks, Chooky, it sure looks good to see Top beside my name.
Sammie

Susan said...

Love your changes - maybe you need to remove the buttons,let your friend quilt it and sew them back on - would have to be quicker than quilting by hand.