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........

Monday, February 7, 2011

Top together..........

Off to the quilters......
.........the double narrow border won.......
......just softened it a little before it went to the lighter green wide border.............

Keep Stitching................
Chookyblue

14 comments:

Anonymous said...

Oh Donna its beautiful i love the double thin border and you are right it just softens it a bit and i love the wide border as well ,you have chosen well obe canobe lol just stunning.
cheers Shez
http://shez-enjoyinglife.blogspot.com

Queen Of The Armchair aka Dzintra Stitcheries said...

Just beeeaaautiful!!! Dzintra

suzitee said...

gorgeous gorgeous...love it!

FIONA said...

Gorgeous Chooky!! Well done!! How good does it feel to have it finished???? Hope you get it finished off before the Girls Day Out in Nundle! Fantastic!

Lolastitchida said...

It is just so gorgeous in blue. Great job. It is so beautiful! I have mine basted and ready to quilt.

Jindi's Cottage said...

Oh my, the pressure is on now...I had the comfort of Chooky's not got her top together yet!...
It looks fantastic in bluework...love it...and the borders are just perfect...

Helen said...

Great choice with the borders Donna, love it. I knew you could do it..... only needed a gentle bit of pushing..... hehehehe.

Fantastic.

Helen

DAWNIE said...

Looks unreal chooky. Well done. The race is on to get it back from the quilters on time and before Nundle.

Wow is so good to see so many finished ones coming in now.

Grethe said...

Super - Duper looking in blue!! I realy like your border as well,of course I knew, being a blue and green girl:-)lol

Jytte R said...

I am so happy to see you managed to get your own quilt top finished. It looks so good in blue and I like your border.

Sofia Amaral M. said...

UAU!!

Sheryl said...

Wow Chooky, how gorgeous does it look in the blue colourway, I love it, the borders look great, good job, now I better go & stitch some more....

Noela said...
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Noela said...

Your border looks lovely. I like the look of the 2 narrow borders then the larger one. It sets it off nicely. Congratulations on finishing. Cheers Noela.