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, October 24, 2011

tah dah . . . . . all finished


well finally my TTS is finished
and   i am only 24 days past the deadline


i have had a bit of a love hate relationship with this quilt
i loved the stitcheries


i put the border fabrics on as i went
then decided that i hated the red in the inside borders of the blocks so they were removed
and the blocks re-sewn

i struggled finding a border fabric in my local quilt shops
and end up searching on the internet for 2 hours 
to find this fabric

in the end i love it . . . 
so much that i took it into Newcastle for a photo shoot

i have really enjoyed this stitch a long
and all the people i have met along the way

Ciao


9 comments:

Larissa said...

This is beautiful Patricia! The border fabric is well worth those 2 hours net-surfing!!! Congratulations on your finish!

Fiona said...

well worth the patience to find the right border... it looks fantastic...
Hugz

Cheryl (aka Kayly) said...

This looks absolutely fabulous! That border material is just right. Well worth the search time. It's beautiful.

Tracey Holdyk said...

I totally love the colours, just beautiful.
love me :-)

Sweet Cinnamon Stitches said...

Lovely back drop for a photo shoot....well done on finishing your quilt...it looks beautiful.
Cheers....Jane.

Helen said...

No wonder you love it...it's beautiful! Congratulations on finishing it!

Chookyblue...... said...

search time was worth it......looks fantastic......thanks for being part of the SAL........what a flash photo shoot location.........i'm sure the sand in the river doesn't count........

Jindi's Cottage said...

Beautiful...love that it went for a photo shoot :)...I can feel your pain, I had a love/hate when it came to the quilting part...once I resolved that it turned back to love/love...

Love Bears All Things said...

Congratulations!
Mama Bear