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, January 31, 2015

Still January 30th in Canada!

...and I have completed my January stitchery.  Like a few others, I haven't decided what to do with it so I will keep on pondering!

I really enjoyed doing this one.  I used a frixon pen for the first time and I liked how the ironing took out the leftover lines.  I even put it in the cold but the lines did not reappear.  Does anyone wlse use the frixon pens?

I made a decision for my background fabrics...blues....light blues with "petite" designs:
I need to get some light pinks but I have enough for starters, from my stash!  I hope to get started this week-end!

I am really enjoying all the posts! It is neat to see the choices and sharing!

Peggy, Quebec, Canada

3 comments:

Susan said...

Well Done Peggy- it looks like you have enough to start with - you wont need the other backgrounds for a while,,,happy cutting and appliqueing!

Even the Aussies have 10 hours left - who's counting??

Chookyblue...... said...

I am no help on the frixon pens........good to see the stitchery done but leave it too long or it will continue to be a UFO instead a great finished project........
Yes I am also loving seeing everyones choices.......

Susan said...

and I meant to add - the only drawback with those pens is if you want to iron on some backing before you sew - you can only iton outside the drawings!
otherwise they are great.