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, March 31, 2015

NJ Part 1 finished

Hi all,

 I started just a few days ago. I finished my first part this evening (we had our monthly patchwork meeting on sunday and I did a lot of sewing! :). I was having a lot of fun doing the stitching and applique. I love the blanket stitch, it's done so quickly. I was wondering if I should put a stabilizer on the fabric for the stitching. The yarn tugs at the fabric and pulls it a little bit together. Finally, I decided against it because I like the way the stitches are creating a 3D frame for the applique pieces.



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5 comments:

Fiona said...

your blocks look great...
Hugz

Mar 31, 2015, 5:37:00 PM
Susan said...

Lovely work...the blanket stitched borders look great.....

Mar 31, 2015, 10:16:00 PM
nimble thimble stitchery-do said...

I use a fabric stabilizer. It just helps to keep everything in order. Lovely fabrics. Happy Stitching!

Apr 1, 2015, 1:29:00 AM
Anonymous said...

Yes, they're lovely...
Mama Bear

Apr 1, 2015, 8:16:00 AM
Chookyblue...... said...

Congrats on getting your blocks done so very quickly...........they are beautiful..........I am loving the blanket stitch around the blocks too.......

Apr 3, 2015, 6:49:00 AM

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