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 8, 2012

Slow but sure...my sewing block is done!

Finally I have another block completed...only one left now...my doggie block.  Then the 'stripping' in between all the blocks.  I admire those of you who did this as you went along...like we were all supposed to do!  Since I took this project with me on my trip to Australia, I preped all the blocks then did all my hand stitching on that looooong flight over...so now that I am home (back to work)I am left with stipping to be done.  I am a little intimidated by not having exact measurements to work with but I guess once you get the hang of it, it will just happen....and seeing everyone's progress I do see that it can be done!  I love seeing everyone's progress...now it's my turn!  I CAN DO IT! 

4 comments:

Susan said...

yes, you CAN do it! great sewing block - Hope you enjoyed Australia!

Chookyblue...... said...

I worked out how long I needed on the bench and laid out strips and cut bits shorted and longer here and there and then sewed them up and then laid out another 3 strips once again........it was fun not measuring anything other then the final length........just mixing them up enough with the fabrics I was using.........goodluck you'll enjoy that part........

Chookyblue...... said...

oh and the sewing block looks great........it was the last one to finish for me........

Love Bears All Things said...

Yes you can....Mama Bear