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, April 7, 2010

Ready to go!

Hi there, I am Nicky from Farm Girl Stitching over the ditch in NZ.  I couldn't believe my luck, when I saw news of a Stitch Along for Gardeners Journal on Jo's Vintage Lane Stitches blog.  I have had this quilt on my to do list for a number of years, with the border fabric purchased and put aside, I would get this piece of fabric out every now and then. and dream of actually completing the quilt.  I love stitchery, but am by no means an expert quilter, so I hope this will be a great project for me.  Below is my selection of fabrics I am planning to use.  There are a couple I am not sure about, so maybe there could be some minor changes to these.  The stripey one in the photo seems almost black, but IRL is dark green, also not sure about the golden brown one in the middle of the pile. I'll keep playing until I'm happy before the final cut though!


I intend doing some tracing over the next couple of days, so will hopefully be back soon with some progress.

Till then, thank you all so much for having me, and I can't wait to get stitching!

9 comments:

Khris78 said...

Welcome Nicky!!! Your fabrics look great!

Grethe said...

Welcome,Nicky! Your choice lookes lovely :-) and I can spot under the book the fabric I have ordered from Hatched and Patched.
Happy Stitching.

By Hoki Quilts said...

Yeah Nicky, another South Islander -mwah!
Love your fabrics, especially the wee dot. Welcome to our Stitch a Long.
hugs
Miche'le

Chookyblue...... said...

welcome to the group.....nice choice of fabrics.........

Jo in TAS said...

Hi Nicky,
You're almost over the hardest part, choosing all the fabrics!!
Happy Stitching
Jo (in TAS)

Seams Sew Together said...

I Love your fabrics!!

Bec said...

Hi Nicky! Love the fabrics you have selected, they go very well with the border fabric, looking forward to seeing your first block....

Sheryl said...

Hi Nicky, your fabrics look good, I love the border fabric nice choice, happy stitching, Sheryl

Nicky said...

Thanks to everyone for these kind comments - now I need to get moving and get some stitching done!