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........

Thursday, September 26, 2013

Progress & Problems

I started the stitchery part of my needlecase a few weeks back...I decided to make it in the same colours as the Natalie Bird pincushion since I liked it so much...(even though at the beginning of the year I cut out another set of fabrics for this project....)

I wasn't sure I would have enough thread but I thought - "No worries - its still on the web site I can order more...", so I stitched away - and ran out of thread.  Tried a local supplier who were going to see if they could order it in for me....still waiting to hear from them so its not likely I will be purchasing from them...Ordered some from a Sydney supplier - who was away so couldn't send it til last Monday - it arrived on Wednesday...BUT it is totally different - to both my old skein and the image on the web site . . . .

Poop . . .now I'm stuck until I can find something that resembles the original lot.
I will make the needle case over the weekend, but for now it will have to be missing the front "heart" - 



You can see what I've stitched, the scraps from my sewing and the skein I received.

If any one has any Dinky Dyes 6 stranded cotton in a blend of dark purple, teal green and ochre - can you either let me know if it says #124 Freo - or something else in case I got the number wrong....or if you are prepared to sell it to me - let me know . . . .



6 comments:

Susan said...

:-(
P.S.D. (Poo S Damn)

Maria said...

How annoying Susan. sorry I don't have any but good luck in your search..

Chookyblue...... said...

bugger bugger bugger........sorry can't help but I suppose at least it is the heart so it can be attached later...........

Fiona said...

grrrrrr.... I haven't heard of those threads... so needless to say I haven't got any.... good luck... sooooooo frustrating...
Hugz

Noela said...

Oh dear Susan. The thread looks so nice. Sorry I can't help, I, like Fiona, haven't heard of that one.
Hope you can find some. Hugs.....

Marilyn said...

I am like Fiona and Noela - havent heard of those threads, but the colours you have used look lovely. I do hope someone can help you out.