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........

Wednesday, January 28, 2015

January Stitchery

Finally, I'm at my computer (not the iPad) and the photos have been downloaded and I can post a picture of the Anni Downes' stitchery we are completing for the January project in the SAL.

I haven't finished it yet - as in make it into something, but the stitching is done.  I was intending to use the traditional Christmas Colours of Red and/or green, but I stumbled across this one in a LQS and I liked it so much, I instantly decided to use it in this stitchery.  Surprisingly (well, maybe not!) I have some Christmas fabric in just these colours.

This is it:

It's a Cosmo thread - variegated pink and blue.  I really like it - but I'm still tempted to make another with the red thread.  A traditional Christmas girl at heart.

I've gone with the BoM option with Nature's Journey - very excited to get my first package - which should be very soon.  Love Anni's fabrics and the choices she makes for her quilts.


4 comments:

Chookyblue...... said...

nice combination..........I think the BOM's are close to going out.........

Bizzy Martine said...

love the stitchery!!!

Susan said...

Very pretty - love variegated reads

Susie said...

It does look great.