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, May 13, 2015

Only 3 days late.....

Well... I was only 3 days late finishing up my April blocks..... not bad all things considered.    Here are my blocks all done and dusted......


Apart from the upside down cherries I'm calling this a success.......


Still not sure about those funny little bugs but they are definitely staying.

Here's the reason why I didn't make the end of month deadline......


I'd call it a faux pas.... wouldn't you.    My original stitched petals were not pretty.  In fact they were downright ugly.    Why I chopped out the background fabric I don't know.   Sudden rush of blood to the head perhaps.  It would have been easier and a more obvious fix to just unpick and restitch.

I did learn a lot about patching holes though..... nail biting stuff I can tell you.  

I made another mistake too..... I forgot to blog about my finish here!  Hope I don't have to be punished for my omission.

My next BOM arrived this very morning so work will start in earnest on the May blocks tomorrow. Might just go to bed early so I don't have to wait so long to get going.......;)

Hope you all are having a great time working on your blocks..... see you soon...

Hugs
Josie   xxx

p.s.    Can I have an 'A' now Chooky?     <lol>

4 comments:

Chookyblue...... said...

you sure can get an A now but if you posted this when you finished them 3 days into the month you could have got an A 10 days ago.............cheeky aren't it.......can you not stuff a block this month...........you don't need the trauma......

Marlene said...

The end result is beautiful!

creations.1 said...

Your quilt has an amish touch now - looks great!

Susan said...

Darn about cutting the background - (Im sure it made sense at the time...I guess that's the drawback to having a kit - nothing in reserve.
but they all look great - even the upside down cherries...???