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, August 5, 2015

i'm back..........

I can imagine some of you cringing already............
i'm re-motivated and stitching away...........thanks Susan
yep its time to get moving............we finish up next month.......can you believe that...........
only August and Sept to go.........
So i pulled out the big guns.............
This above is a bullock whip...........see the very long handle..........much harder to crack them a normal whip...........I can't do it but Boy Wonder can.........just..........
back in the day of bullock teams the bullocky used it to control/send messages to the bullocks...........certain cracks/actions helped direct them in their duties...........the 2 lead bullocks were very different to the other ones that followed..........
There is still a bullock team that works daily in NSW at Timbertown...........a wonderful place to visit it's like stepping back in time.............
anyway enough of the history lessons...............we still have lots of people who have some work to do..........including myself so it's now or never..............
get going girls.........I have emailed some of you........
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wow you girls have done so well with all the centres............a few of you just have the stitching to do like me............but so many gorgeous centres.............
congrats
to those who are up to date............
Susan, Cheryl, Chrisi, Clare, Diddles, Fee, Fiona Bubz, Flo, Holly, Janice, Jeanette, Jenny, Josie, Kelly, Kerrie, Khissy, Laila.Lawrence, Lea, Lori, Maja, Maria, Narelle, Sammie, Sandy, Suze, Sylvia,
Happy Stitching........
Chookyblue...........

8 comments:

Susan said...

Happy to help!!! lol

Crikey - only 2 months to go??? that IS scary.

Cheryl said...

You can do it Chooky

nimble thimble stitchery-do said...

Wow and I thought we had until December? Where have I been? I saw one of these bullock whips at the Eumundi market and I should have taken a picture of it! It looks scary ladies....just saying!
Timber town looks very interesting...maybe next time.

Love Bears All Things said...

Yes we are in the home stretch...hopefully you'll hear from some who are lagging soon...I have cut out most of the many pieces for August and have pinned the pairs to start sewing...100 paper pieced is kind of scary but if I got them cut out, and did a few each night, it wouldn't seem so daunting....need to give myself a pep talk...I'm glad you're back.
Mama Bear

Frederika said...

So nice we can help eachother. Thats the great thing with blogging

Fiona said...

thats a biiiiiigggg whip....
Hugz

FloS said...

Now everybody understand why we are so scared by the whipping threat !!!! ;)
Florence

Jenny said...

Hey you know we went to Timbertown for our honeymoon. (33 years ago) It was amazing then and I would like to go again some day.