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, October 29, 2012
Done and Dusted!
I have finished !
So here it is:
This is the first time that I have done any needle turn on a large scale and also the first time that I have attempted Free Motion Quilting on a quilt. To say Im rather pleased with myself is an understatement!
OMG De.......congrats you have achieved so much.......the needleturn and a huge effort to quilt it yourself.......gold star......thanks so much for being part of the SAL......love your fabrics.........
I think you have achieved so much - needle turn and FMQ!! Cant wait to seee it at the next Brisbane Bloggers Meet (shall we just say BBM from now on??)
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OMG De.......congrats you have achieved so much.......the needleturn and a huge effort to quilt it yourself.......gold star......thanks so much for being part of the SAL......love your fabrics.........
Wooohoooo! Well done... It looks fantastic!
It's just gorgeous & how clever are you doing all that needleturn & free motion quilting it. It looks so snuggly all rolled up too.
Nice job...give yourself a pat on your back! And you did it all! Way to go!
I think you have achieved so much - needle turn and FMQ!! Cant wait to seee it at the next Brisbane Bloggers Meet (shall we just say BBM from now on??)
You did an amazing job quilting it yourself, your quilt has turned out beautifully.
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