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........

Friday, April 1, 2011

March done!

Somewhere in the world it is still March, I am sure :) When my eldest son came and pinched and punched me for the first day of the month this morning, I was like - aaaaaahhhh! My blocks! I forgot to post!!!

So here they are, my first three :



I forgot to say that I have enlarged mine. The stitchery blocks have ended up 6 3/4" each. I was going to do two borders like most of you, but decided it looked boring because I only have the two colors to go around. So as you can see, I have just done the one border, and then am using the red as sashing. The finished blocks with borders are 9 3/4. Odd size, I know :) But they look good I think.


So, now to trace the next one! Yay! On we go!

Lv,


Joy of Joy's Quilts

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

very nice Joy

Vickie said...

Oh Joy they look awesome, the great thing about this is you have the option ot personalize it the way you like,your looks swell,cheers Vickie

Susie said...

they look wonderful. I need a machine service before I can sew mine! well done!

Chookyblue...... said...

look good Joy the red will be nice between the blocks..........

Joy McD said...

Thank you ladies :) I am so glad I joined this or else those blocks would be sitting there becoming a ufo, lol!
lv,
Joy