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, May 2, 2015

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to the 33 girls who have finished April..........
well done......
you are well on the way to have a completed quilt in the SAL timeframe............

We still have 8 ladies to finish February..........some of you I have not heard from and others I know are working away............
22 to finish March and 40 to finish April........
Not so good these stats...............come on girls I know you can do it...........
Some of you have posted progress..........if you have not done a post in April you better get a post up here fast.........we all want to see how your going.............it's part of being in the SAL that keeps us going.........seeing what everyone else is doing........
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I read this quote in a newsletter this week........
I thought lots about this in many areas of my life........
It'll give you something to think about.......and not just in relation to the SAL......

Don’t say you don’t have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Louis Pasteur, Michelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, Albert Einstein, etc…

If you really want to do something, you’ll find a way. If you don’t, you’ll find an excuse.

Particularly In the aftermath of the earthquakes in Nepal remember no matter how good or bad you have it, wake up each day thankful for your life. Someone somewhere else is desperately fighting for theirs.

3 comments:

Connie said...

I am excited about seeing your finished quilt. I love, no . . . I LOVE your squares. They all look like something you would find in a great-grandmother's closet. Absolutely gorgeous!
I am so inspired.
Connie :)

Carin said...

I so enjoy watching all the progress you all make on this quilt. I hope to finish my quilt in about 2 weeks. It is such a joy to work on it.

Kel said...

I love that quote Chooky, sums it up for me.
Love everyone's blocks, and all the ladies different takes on the quilt so far. I can't believe that in a few months time we will all have a finished quilt!