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, May 30, 2017

In By The Skin Of My Teeth

Just made it by the skin of my teeth. Here is my small May project.  I decided to have a try at needle-turn appliqué.   Took a little getting used to, but I think I will get the hang of it for the quilt, at least, I hope so.  There is plenty of practice involved!

In past projects I have used fusible appliqué,  but felt it was time to try something a little more challenging.  I only hope that I have not bitten off more than I can chew.

I decided to use "Cottage Garden" threads in the stitchery part of this little mat, but alas the red one bled a little, this finished effort is a vast improvement on how it was before I soaked and sponged the run out.

So now my dilemma is whether to use "Cottage Garden" threads in the Holly quilt or my DMC threads.


I am unsure how to link this post back to my blog at Motherdragon's Musings,  so will do just a small post there.

Happy stitching
Sharon.

5 comments:

Fiona said...

Oh that's wonderful Sharon and well done on trying out a new technique. I think this is the perfect learning quilt for needleturn if you are wanting to learn. the pieces are a good size for working on and there are curves and corners to learn.... I am most impressed with your first effort! Do keep going and you will find it gets easier as you go. I wash all my CG threads before I used them because of the bleeding. I rinse in boiling water till it comes clear and then a swish in water with a bit of vinegar which is supposed to set any dyes.... I'm also using CG in mine ....
Beautitufl small project...
Hugz

Susan said...

Hi Sharon - great tip from Fiona.
Have you tried Colour Catchers?? (in the laundry aisle) - I've heard great things about them for after the fact.

Susie said...

Looks gorgeous. I've been worried about some CGT threads. I've only used them on quilt labels that I've washed thus far and so far so good. I do you colour catches as Susan mentioned and wash in cold water.

Raewyn said...

Gorgeous finish Sharon! Disappointing about your colour running; I've not had that trouble yet but have decided I may start pre-washing mine as others are doing...they do say to wash them in warm water, is tht what you used?

Michelle Ridgway said...

Well done Sharon. Looks great x