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, July 1, 2015

Getting Ready

Yesterday, I tided some of the fabric I've been using on this project....I'm getting excited about putting the pieces together...
 This is what I'm planning to use for the peak a boo border
around the center section...it is a little deeper red than
shows here...


here are some possible backgrounds for the center blocks
 

And here are a lot of small pieces I can use for the patchwork
 
I will be happy to see the end to the applique portion of this project...
Getting excited...
Mama Bear
Bears at Home
Sammie

8 comments:

Susan said...

Love the cherry red....it is fun to have a new focus as we move along.

KaHolly said...

Often, the prep work takes longer than the actual project! I'm looking forward to visiting again and seeing your work!

nimble thimble stitchery-do said...

those fabrics look yummy! Looking forward to seeing all the blocks come together.

Anonymous said...

Very cute...

Chookyblue...... said...

don't be daunted by the centre...........once the parts are prep it should stitch up pretty well....nice choices......

creations.1 said...

Centre block dtitching is the easy part - on e you have it ready to stitch you will have it done in no time.

Anonymous said...

Love that red! It will so "pop." I too am anxious to pick the colours for the rest of the quilt!

Noela said...

The red looks good as do your backgrounds too.