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, April 10, 2010

Still Waiting to Stitch...

I'm loving seeing all the progress every one is making...and itching to start stitching but alas and alack still no background fabric...enquiries revealed the fabric on order for the last two months is due arrive in the country at the end of April...and that is the container arriving at the wharf not the shop being able to take delivery...Yikes!...way too long...So...
Emergency email discussions were held...trip to Melbourne was undertaken to Ms K's kitchen for coffee and swatch card consulting...decision made (not easy for two Librans!) and order immediately placed for replacement...it is closer...hopefully the revised fabric purchase plan will come to fruition and the parcel will arrive this week.
In the meantime I have to content myself with "preparation" today - organising floss colours, cutting out the various block fabrics and referring to the blog to check out all your lovely variations.
Going through the book this morning I see that "The Potting Shed" doesn't have its own project so here's one I prepared earlier...
 A couple of years ago at sewing group's retreat we made these old fashioned boxes and I used "The Potting Shed' as my stitchery of choice.
It's doing that water falling from sky thing here today (yay!), a perfect day for sewing room occupation.
Hope your day includes lots of Gardener's Journal stitchy time...
Annette

4 comments:

Jindi's Cottage said...

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Grethe said...

Sweet little box you have got there
Good idea :-) One day I might make one,but must definately get on with the GJ first.

Chookyblue...... said...

cute box........hopefully your fabric will arrive very soon and I know you will have those stitcheries done in no time..........

Sonia said...

very clever