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........

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Doing the Happy Dance.....

I finished my SKOW Quilt at 6 PM today, Tuesday, November 20....

I chose a pale gold (actually darker than the photo) for the backing 
and a darker tone on tone gold for the binding.
I machine quilted in the ditch between strips, blocks and patchwork.


Mama Bear

8 comments:

Susan said...

Whooppee for you - looking forward to the pictures

Queen Of The Armchair aka Dzintra Stitcheries said...

Woo hoo....I'd be dancing too...congratuations Mama Bear xo

laura said...

What a great feeling I am sure! Good for you during this busy time of year. I have one more section to quilt and the binding and I will be joining you in a happy dance.

Hugs, Laura

Fiona said...

Gorgeous finish and well done... it looks fantastic...
Hugz

Show and Tell said...

Congrats on a beautiful finish Mamma... It looks fantastic :)

Susan said...

Congratulations - it looks great.

Jindi's Cottage said...

Yay!!! Go you! Well done, looks fabulous...

Chookyblue...... said...

congrats on your finish Sammie........the gold binding looks great.......well done on the quilting..........thanks for being part of the SAL.........I love that everyone has chosen their own colours.....