~A Gardener's Journal~ Block I~

Wow how excited am I

Block I is now complete and all I have to do now is join it to Block H and then onto the rest of the quilt top!!!!!!!

3 lovely gals standing alone

framed by florals and paisleys

Birds in the Tree......I loved doing this one

and now surrounded by more florals and paisleys

Joined together

I had cut out a blue paisley for the inner border but not sure whether to use it?

Close up

Originally I thought I would use a red border

but not sure now

I'll put it all together and then I'll be back to show you and see what you think

Thank you so much Chooky and the Stitch-a-long gang for continued encouragement......I am loving doing this quilt

I did get a bit more of chance this week to work on this as I put a chisel through the top part of my hand whilst doing some work at my local theatre which necessitated 'glueing' instead of stitching

Luckily there was a Doctor in the House

Then a tenanus shot and then I had to lay low for a while whilst Hubby took over caring duties

Luckily the injured hand was the 'holding hand' so it worked out well and I got some respite to boot

Keep stitching everybody and as some of you will be finishing your SKOW I will be starting mine

Chink Chink Chooky

~Dzintra~

A Gardeners Journal Progress

Hi there fellow Stitch-A-Longers!   

I believe I'm running about a year behind schedule on this one, but here is my final block of A Gardener's Journal.......

And here it is with all my blocks joined ..... now for some borders and then the quilting!!

By then I might be able to start thinking about My Favourite Things, but I'll be practising some more needleturn applique before then!  Thanks for the encouragement and inspiration in 2011, it was fantastic to finish my Tis the Season quilt (and on time even. lol) and to get this far on AGJ before the end of the year!

Wishing you all a wonderful Christmas ......... see you back here in 2012!

Nicky

Farm Girl Stitching

GJ Quilt - can I have a B, D, E, F, I & borders & Completed Top

OK so it was back in February that I last posted about my GJ quilt...but here it is.... finally! It has been a very slow and long process, but I did bite of more than I could chew, last year and this year. Working on my Gingham Girls Quilt, joining in 2 quilts for Christchurch NZ and finishing off 6 Quilts for Queensland, another Quilt for a friend who lost everything in the Victorian Floods, and various other sewing projects.

But with gentle nudging from Chooky the last couple of weeks, during our emailing, I have finally put it all together. The stitcheries have been laying there just waiting now for the last 2 months. So I am very impressed that it has only taken one long weekend Monday to put it all together.

Block B

Block D

Block E

Block F

Block I

and here she is with the borders. Still not too keen on the green one, but it was with DS's opinion as the red I thought I had seems to not be where it should have been and I was not putting off completing it all on Monday.

Even have pressed the backing and made the binding, Mum is visiting later today, so with her help I hope to get it pinned and the quilting can begin!!!! I still have my Life is Beautiful Quilt on the go and my Vignette Hexagon Quilt as well. So apart from joining in on some projects from the SKOW book, I have decided not join the quilt along this time around! But I will share my projects from the book if I am allowed (wink)

Thanks for all the encouragement to keep at it through some very trying times in my family life. Hope to share some quilting with you soon.

B and I bite the dust!

As promised Chookyblue, here's my weekly progress!

 I can now be counted off as completing blocks B and I!

That's all GJ blocks complete, now for the top assembly, hopefully I can get that finished by Friday!

Block I

Block I

done

Hooray!!! a little late but its done and now I can put

them together, now its getting

exciting and the end is near.

Just borders and I'm done.

Happy Stitching

The slack one is just about there……..

It has been a very long time since I have made a post….I sort of lost the plot with GJ..

But I have been watching everyone’s progress…and congratulations…WOW…the finished quilts are awesome….

I set myself a goal two weeks ago…to have my quilt completed before GDITC..(12 months ago Chooky, Dale and I decided we would try and complete these quilts for show and tell)….Well Dale finished hers ages ago..Chooky has a finish (is the bind done Chooky)….and I was the slack one..anyway on the weekend I did finish my top…it has been quilted….the bind is on…and I have about 12 inches to sew down on that, so tonight my quilt will be finished……and I have three days to spare….LOL…….

Chooky's Block I and blocks together..............

VERY late last night just before midnight I finished the last stitchery and washed it out and dried it with the hair dryer so I could piece the last bit of block I.

Then of course I couldn't go to bed without joining the last few blocks together.

Hopefully borders tonight.............No ideas what yet............

Keep Stitching............

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

All blocks done

Just missing the assembly and borders to have a top.

Pia

Bec's Update

It's Sunday today and I am stitching on GJ. I finished "I" block yesterday and I have the inner border on the quilt top, this afternoon should see the outer border added too.

A few of us stitch-a-long girls will be taking our quilts/quilt tops to GDITC this March at Nundle. Anita wrote in our email loop that she doesn't think she will get hers done and is feeling bad about letting the team down. I wrote a reply and Fiona thought I should post it here, as it applys to everyone who is in need of encouragment.

Hey Anita,

Though your quilt won't be finished for GDITC 2011, I am SURE you are alot further along with it than you were this time last year! I don't think you have let the team down, my understanding of the stitch-a-long is for companionship and encouragement whilst working on the same stitching project.

I know I had mine sitting in a box for over a year with me procrastinating about starting it, (oh gosh a lot of work so I will leave that quilt for now! LOL). After GDITC 2010 I had a passing thought about starting/completing the quilt but again decided too much work and too much else on. THEN I got the email from Chooky/Peg/Dale about what they were going to do. Working on one bit a month seemed like not so much of a mountain to stitch. My top is almost done (all things going well the borders will go on today) BUT to be totally honest; if I hadn't fractured my foot earlier in the and spent 8 wks sitting stitching my quilt would not be so far along as it is.
So Anita, DON'T FEEL BAD - feel fantastic for what you HAVE achieved! It is a beautiful quilt and there IS alot of work in it, you will complete it one day and in the meantime we will love to see what you have done at GDITC 2011.

Oh, and Kylie's GJ won't be finished either. She has had a big year with moving house and is happily looking forward to working on GJ this year, your defiantely not alone!

love Bec xxx

I hope I haven't been out of place posting this here.

PS It's also nice to hear of fires being lit, in other words stitchers focusing on GJ and achieving lots! Go Girls! The quilts are coming along fantastically!

Bec xxx

Can I please buy a "F" & an "I"

As promised to myself and my blogging friends, I took the time today to get back into my "A Gardener's Journal" Quilt.
I didn't realise how much I still had to put together. Phew!

First, how do you check everything out.... Lay it out on your bed as it's conveniently right beside my office/sewing room.

I've completed Block F

And Block I

Started putting it all together and how disappointing to Chop my Carrots off a little. Maybe they are still in the ground?

It's not quite finished so I'm not showing anymore photos until I have some borders on it.

Now it's time for lunch and a rest in front of the tv for a little while.

Block I and Blocks Together

Finally I have finished Block I.

And here are the blocks altogether.  Onto the borders.  Thanks for all the support from everyone!

I love this quilt so much.  I can't wait to get the borders on and I am going to quilt it myself.   Thanks to Chookyblue!

The last block!!!

I have finally finished my block I and I love this block.

I don't know why, but these 3 lovely ladies look so good and I have enjoyed every minute stitching them.

After Christmas I will sew all blocks together and hopefully I will very soon be able to show you the finished top.

The quilting is coming closer and closer and for me it is not the best part of making a quilt but I am sure I will find a way.

Up till now it has been a very, very cold winter with lots of snow in Denmark.

The landscape looks like a fairytale, very suitable for Christmas.

I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year hopefully with lots of time for stitching.

Had to share

I just had to share my excitement..... I joined all the blocks together today .... bit of a rough photo but my hubbie isn't a very good quilt holder, I have the wide border fabric but not the narrow border fabric so that will be my next job.

I HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A VERY HAPPY CHRISTMAS AND SAFE NEW YEAR.

Thanks for all the encouragement with this quilt and I can't wait for the next one to begin.

Thanks to Chooky for this great quilt journey.

Helen

Block I - Just a little late

I actually did some sewing today! Seems like it's been forever, but life has just been busy and the sewing had to wait. So what did I do today? I got the next to the last of my Gardener's Journal blocks put together! It looks crooked but that's just how it was hanging on the design wall.

And here it is pinned up next to the rest of the blocks, which I've already sewn together. So one more block to get done this month, then I can decide on borders! :0)

November's Block I finished

Finally made my way into the sewing room and had the time over the weekend to stitch together November's block I. It is a lovely feeling to be up to date this month as there are lots of things I should be sewing. My squares look a little wonky but that means they will go with all the other wonky ones!

Cheers
Sylvia in Canberra

Another complete

Yay I have another complete.  Block I. This is so much fun.  Back to he sewing room

Cheers Kez

Shh!!! I have finished 'A Gardener's Journal'

Well when I got home tonight from school...I noticed the postie had been. I opened the package to find that mum had finished the stitching on the last 3 blocks. I was that excited that I rushed out the back to start sewing the blocks...and drum roll please.........Tah Dah here there are and the top all sewn up....
Block D

Block E

Block I

The Fished Top...alll I need to do now is the binding. That might happen during the school Hols.

Thanks Chooky, Peg and Dale dor this beautiful project that I have just finished...

(HUGS) Andrea :)