Hexie album.......

Here's the next album.............in July we did hexie bags...........

"Chilly Penguin Hexagon Bag" from Tis the Season by Natalie Bird....

once again look down on the left sidebar..........

Enjoy.........

Chookyblue..........

albums...........

wow............losing the plot in the second half of 2013 I just realised fiddling on the blog that I have not added the albums for the 2013 SAL June-Sept...............and going back saving the photos to the albums I realised just how good you girls are.....................

Wow you made some great projects there.............so i'll share a new album for the next few days..............

Today check out the new album - June Red Home Pincushions 

It's on the left sidebar down a bit.........scroll down and check it out.........

Enjoy

Chookyblue

SAL planning..............

hello stitchers..........

I am planning for the SAL to start in February and finish about September..............

that gives you January to get yourself organised.........

sound ok?

is the teasing working well????

sorry I  just can't help myself............lol...........and no use trying to get info out of Susan who helps me on the blog as I am it is a surprise for her too........

Chookyblue

Binding time....

Today I need to finish a long overdue job...the binding on my angel story quilt!!! The lovely quilting was done by the gorgeous Fiona !!!!

Finished the pin cushion for June

Just having a look at the list for 2013 and I've realised that I've completed the June pin cushion without having posted a pic. Silly me. I will have to rectify that. And now that we are finally on holidays and dance concert is finished for another year, I can have a look at where I'm at for the other projects. 

A long break for me, too

I finished the top of the Anni Downes Quilt just in the nick of time. And that's where that has stayed. I have completed lots of sewing since, but it's involved costumes, costumes and more costumes.

I've pondered several times how best to get my quilt quilted and, therefore, used. I'd love to hand quilt but know that this is just realistic.

Finally an answer - for Christmas I have acquired a quilting frame that I can attach my machine to. Can't wait to try it out. The SAL quilt won't be my first but it will be done. Hoping for early in 2015 when my son's 21st is over.

Very exciting. And looking forward to hearing Chooky's news of the new SAL for 2015. 

cleaning up..............

Hi Girls

thanks for such positive feedback about running a 2015 SAL.......it's nice to know I will have some buddies.........no secrets revealed yet.......

will it be one project????? will it be many projects???????

If anyone would like to share projects they have finished but not posted here yet please do so ASAP.......or maybe pull an unfinished one out now that Christmas sewing is just about done and get it finished..............

In preparation for 2015 I will clear the slate and start with a new members list for 2015.........

probably wipe it clean about the 20th Dec.............

I do hope my partner in crime will support me again in 2015........so we can create mischief and merryment in blogland.......

Chookyblue..........

SAL 2015........

After a long break on here from any posts and a break in projects for 2014 if it rains here and things become sane I have a plan for 2015. I will make an announcement on the 1st January..............
Just thought I would give you a heads up if your starting to think abut 2015
Chookyblue..............

Last project finished

I finished it! I do love my needlecase!!! Why I didn't finished it many month ago? Didn't know... but now, I've got my needlecase!!!

i have a Flimsy at Last,lol

 Whoo Hoo for chooky's virtual sewing weekend because it was just the push i needed to pull my GD's SKOW quilt out and put the last row together.

 So on Monday and Tuesday i put together one of the side bits and the rows for the top and bottom.

 This is a Anni Downs pattern out of her book Some Kind Of Wonderful and my lovely GD Madie has been waiting for 2 birthdays now for her quilt,so i am so glad its on its way to being finished.

 Some of the blocks have been changed to suit Madie,she has her dog Boomer sitting under the tree,her black cat Rose,her favourite book the Paradise Trap,chocolate ice cream her favourite and we also did her a calisthenics block and a basketball block,her 2 favorite sports .

 Dont know how i will go with this as Madie has chosen a rainbow chenille for the backing,wish me luck,lol.
cheers shez xx

SAL 2014......

Hi everyone..............

This is not the post you want to read but for now I am unable to start a SAL for 2014..........The drought is taking up all my time and energy and until things can change there for me I cannot even think about committing to anything here. 

Sorry

Chookyblue :(

Merry Christmas...........

Thanks everyone for a wonderful year................

All is quite here so I will sign off for 2013............the above stitchery says it all..........

To our blog SAL girls and readers......

I wish you joy, hope and peace for a fantastic Christmas.............

Keep Stitching...

Chookyblue............

August project very late!

Hi everyone,
Well, here is my finished sewing case (cheater version with no stitchery)three months late.
I'm afraid that life just got in the way and I was unable to keep up despite the best of intentions.
I'm determined to do the needle case as well as soon as I have the time.
So here is the front with buttons instead of stitchery


Back view is plain



inside - fabrics Beach House by Blackbird Designs for Moda



Margaret

November swap

Yesterday I received this lovely parcel from Jessica, thank you, and big hugs

Last stitchery

I finished the last stitchery! Few day's and I'll have my last project done!
Hoping for the next stitching along, I'd like a quilt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)

tHaNkYoU.............

Hi girls

I would like to wind up here..............

So thankyou for being part of the SAL..............if you just read the blog thanks for reading the blog too........

You girls have achieved so much...........so many wonderful projects..........

I have got them all on the go if they aren't finished............the last 3-4 months sewing has been very difficult..........but they will get finished.............one day.........

A massive thanks to Susan my assistance whip cracker she has been amazing and so helpful for me when things got a little hectic here she just slide into the controls..........the blog would have been terrible if it wasn't for her assistance......THANKS SUSAN............

As for 2014 - I will have to see what I can manage..............I already know I have a few things on my plate........that is without the unknown......but then I may need a good distraction...............

I have a couple of ideas (which I am sure you will love) floating around in my head......I will decide in January what to do and I will do a post here so you know if there will be a SAL 2014....... 

This year you have done english paper piecing, stitcheries, applique, zippers,quilting and piecing and you have done so well......CONGRATULATIONS.............

Please continue to post here if you are finishing up projects........especially previous SAL projects.....

Enjoy your stitching

Chookyblue.......

At last ...

I've finished the last item of this fabulous SAL : the SKoW needle book !

Outside :

Inside :

I wanted it matching my sewing case :

Now it's done !!

And here are all the wonderful works we have made all along this year :

A huge THANK YOU to Chookyblue and Susan and all the ladies who have joined this wonderful adventure !!

I'm ready for the next one….. and you ?????

Florence

Sewing stitchery

I'm so late but I loooove thei stitchery in brrown!!!

Another one down, one to go ...

Look Chooky!!  I got my 23rd block finished!!!

I was working on this block, little by little over the course of last week, since finishing off my 'sewing' block.  For some reason I enjoyed the needleturn over the stitchery this time, lol, which felt like it was taking forever *wink* ... especially all that hair!!! *giggle*

I've drawn up some ideas for my last block, but not quite decided yet.  I'm thinking I'll either go with my original choice of wine & cheeses, or my new option: gymnastics (I did it for eleven years from a young age, coached littlies for several years, and now my daugther has been going for over 3 years!!  I LOVE watching it, and often find myself scrutinising the gymnasts as a judge would, lol!).

I'm going to give myself a couple of days to mull over the ideas, and start on the cutting for a pieced quilt for my bed I've been wanting to make for a couple of years while I decide ... I also have WIPs, UFOs and USOs (Un-Started Objects *wink*) to sort through and organise, amongst other things this week.

Have a crafty kinda week xx

Now It's Done

After all the ups and downs of the thread issue - the silk one I ordered was totally different to the cotton one one but still nothing like the original - I have finished the heart and appliqued it on.
I used some plain threads and swapped colours a lot.  I was lucky in that the variegated thread had long lengths of each colour - so it was easy enough to blend in.

What a fun year it has been - I have certainly made things I wouldn't normally have chosen to make - but none of them were so onerous that it was a chore - and we have all had a lot of fun along the way.

As always I learnt things along the way - including that it doesn't always pay to pre-prepare things in advance - since your ideas might change as you go along.

Thanks everyone for all the fun & friendship - it is always good to see how you put your interpretation on a project - some stick to the project and follow the colours and some go way away, but in the end it needs to be what you like and what you want to end up with.

Again, a huge hug and thank you to Chookyblue and I will lend my voice to the group cry "Can we do it again...PLEASE"