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, July 2, 2010

Uh! Oh! Where Did June Go???

After starting off so very well and getting the first two blocks finished BEFORE the end of the month, I missed the mark for June. SIGH! I'd better be careful or Chookyblue will be after me with her whip! :0) I think my problem was, I only had half a month, after a case of the "blah's" and a nasty head cold took me out of the stitching loop for a couple of weeks. And although I've spent some time today stitching, this is as far as I've got ...

I've 'built' the house, 'planted' the two tall trees and a couple of shrubs (though they're not flowering yet!), and I'm currently 'building' the fence. Still some work to be done before this house is finished. Mind you ... I'm finding all these straight lines a bit of a chore to stitch. In fact, it took me almost as long to stitch the roof as it did for my Beloved Geek Boy to replace our house roof in real life a few years ago! Tee! Hee! Hee!

I'm hoping to spend some more time stitching this weekend, so will see how I get along. I promise to come back and show you once I finish the block. I wonder if the stitching would go quicker if I treated myself to a nice cup of lemon-scented tea??? I think I shall test the theory! :0) Til next time ...

BEAR HUGS!
CHEERS!
KRIS

(in south-east Queensland)

6 comments:

Grethe said...

Be happy that you are this far:))
It looks great! Things definately take time;wish this was all I did.
But then again,that would have been boring as no chatting around.
Happy Stitching the rest of the block!!

Chookyblue...... said...

good progress.......grab a cuppa tea and get back to your stitching.........nice and relaxing.........

By Hoki Quilts said...

Hey Kris, I think I've got these disappearing days sussed. Haven't we just had the shortest day, in the southern hemisphere? Therefor, aren't we missing out on time? As dumb as it sounds I'll use it as my excuse, LOL.

Margaret said...

You can always blame Bunnings they didn't have the flowers in - the paint was sold out - no more pickets . It is endless, however the house is taking on a nice warm feeling.

Nicky said...

Kris, it is looking lovely, at least you tackled the house this month, I looked at it and decided it would never happen in June, and yet I still haven't quite finished the 'easier' block I chose! That'll teach me for trying to take shortcuts! Keep up the good work.

Bec said...

It's coming along well Kris, love the way you described buildingthe house and planting the trees and shrubs!