Catching up on April

This is my rather weak attempt at the April project, I intended to do two single blocks but have only completed one so far.  I did find this sweet little hanger that fits it perfectly, and it was nice to use some of my 'Christmas Fun' fabrics.  

Now just one week left of May to get my bag finished..... 

Nicky x

May's SAL Project

I enjoyed making Anni's bag from "Some Kind of Wonderful", and like many of us by the looks, I made a little minor change or two -

Instead of using the linen for the side inserts of the bag, I used the brown fabric I had chosen for the lining. It didn't then need the binding on the top of the bag - just top stitched it and left it at that.

Pin cushion for June

We are all packed and ready to leave tomorrow "on a jet plane"! Looking forward to very little cooking and cleaning for a while! The stitching is packed and the warm clothes are in too as France is having a bit of a chilly Spring! Just thought I would share my little pin cushion for the June Stitch-a-long as I will be away. Luckily this was done earlier.

May Project - Tick!

I have finished this months project and am very happy with it. I've wanted to make this bag since I bought the book so the SAL was great motivation to get it made. 

Teresa

My Favourite Things

 

Hi Girls...

 

 I finally received my quilt back from the quilters... (about a month ago!!)

and it's now finished... and

I LOVE it!

 

 

Thanks Chooky for organising this quilt-a-long

 

 

Sandyn



Running a little late

Like everyone, I have been a little time poor of late.

I managed to get the stitcheries completed early in April but time has just flown past.

Friday night I decided to put everything else aside and concentrate on finishing this project.

I decided to make mine smaller because of where I am planning on hanging it.

Now just a trip to Hatched & Patched is needed to get a hanger.



I am loving how everyone's projects are the same but different.

I'm off to cut my linen for May's project.

Until Next Time

Happy Stitching xox

May Project Done & Dusted

Well, Ms Chookyblue - you did say the embroidery was optional - so I opted out of the embroidery.  But I did add pockets inside.

I originally purchased these fabrics with the idea of making a bag - so I used them for this one.

May's bag

It has been another busy week but there has been a little stitching done. I finally put together my Some Kind of Wonderful bag last weekend. I had done the stitching quite a while ago so it was good that the Stitch-a-long blog had this project for this month. Here it is all finished.

What’s a Girl

to do when a lovely pair of Linen Pants are too small, (shrunk in the wash LOL.)




Yep just cut them up and use it to make





my May SAL project…








I think they look great as a BAG !!!!!!

Hugz Maria
http://maria-lifeontheblock.com.au

I think I am 'out'

Hello all you beautiful sewers, I think I am out of this SAL as I used a Pass earlier and then ended up finishing the project later but finding it hard to keep up. I will still watch all your progress though as everyone is doing a fab job. Keep up the amazing and inspirational work. Thanks for hosting Chooky. Love Susie

This months project.

Hi Girls...

Can I please use my P for this months project..  I have too much on my plate at the moment. I am really enjoy seeing the different versions of the bags...


Sandyn

P for Pass Please

I am going to use my pass this month Chooky bags really aren't my thing!

Love seeing all the finished bags though, I am looking forward to Junes task :)

April pass, now completed!

Please tick me off Chookyblue!!! I love this hanging, too cute, will have to make another one, after my May bag of course lol!!!

MAY BAG FINISHED

Hi every one, I hope you are all progressing well this month. I did most of the stitching while DH and I had a few days at the beach relaxing and yesterday I sewed the bag together. I have made the handles longer as I like to carry my bags over my shoulder. I like the way the handles were attached in this bag and will use this method again. Once again this project was made from fabric in my stash except I had to buy more cotton as I had run out.
Bye for now Jude from judesstuff

'P' for Pass please.

I will have to use my pass Chooky.  Life is just way to busy for me right now.  Closing up the school for the summer and packing up my house to sell, yikes and hunting for a house to buy too!  I was sad to pack up my sewing corner but I must have my house presentable for selling.  My sewing corner actually consumed our whole dining room. LOL  I'll be back next month.  Happy Stitching Ladies.

May Greetings From Finland!

Hi there!

I'm happy to tell you that my SKofW Bag is finished!

... however, it does not look exactly the same as Anni's bag in the book...

Maybe I explain a little why I made - again - some changes.

First I have plenty of those crocheted flowers and I hadn't yet figured where I'll use them. After I choose the fabric for the bag, I decided not to embroider it... mainly because it's black and thin... the tracing of the stitchery on this fabric would have been difficult. Then I remembered those flowers and bling! I got the idea! I will applique my bag! I enlarged the cat and the butterfly about 120%.

Then the handles are longer, because I want to carry the bag over my shoulder. I cut 30" long handle stripes. The solid beige strips sit on the upper side of the handle... not on the underside...

And I didn't make a small back opening.

Well, my SKofW Bag is a little simplified, but I like it ;o)

Hopefully you too enjoy making of this bag as much as I enjoyed!

See you in June!

- Satu -

May bag all done

Finally finished my bag.  Good time to do it as its cold, rainy and hailing out....so much for spring!

 

 

Happy stitching!

Pat

Pass Please Chookyblue!

I'd like to use my pass this month please.... While I love the project, I think I have enough bags... :)

Thanks,

Joy xxx

May Bag

Have just completed the May project. So far I have been able to keep up to date and on time. It is great to be finished early.

Ester's projects...........

Ester who doesn't have a blog has been working away with us.............

January.......her daughter has filled these with goodies..........

February..........

March..........

April.......

Great work Ester and thanks for sharing........so pleased the SAL girls are inspiring you along the way to join us in our projects....................

Keep Stitching............

Chookyblue...........

Finally updated..........

Finally I have the blog updated...............caught up on 81 posts................you girls have been busy which is wonderful.............some of you not busy enough so maybe the whip cracking does work.............please check the sidebar...........I have updated from 29th March so all posts since then should be correct on the sidebar...........

Some of you have "P" for pass..........a few of you have to many "P"'s so what I will do is give you all 2 weeks to catch up and if not done by then I will remove some from the blog............sorry but that's the rules this time round............enjoy the slide shows on the sidebar of the pincushions and wallhangings great work for those who are up to date.............
I tried to add both pincushions and wallhangings here but only the wall hangings have popped up..........but you will find the pincushions on the sidebar..........enjoy.

 

Keep Stitching Chookyblue
PS thanks for those who have let me know that they ARE using a pass.............

Using my Pass

As much as I am a bag lady, this month's project just doesn't appeal to me.

So I've decided to use my pass and focus on something else during May.

Pia

Here's my April photo.

Here's my Tis the Season wall hanging although at this stage I have planned it as a rail hanging. My house has quite a few railings - going around the central staircase and between some of the rooms. So I attached the tape so that I can hang it on the rail for Christmas.
The fabric is Adoring from Moda, and is the same fabric I used for my Tis the Season quilt. I was hoping that there would be enough to do the patchwork bag but even though I have quite a bit of yardage I don't really have enough variety to do the hexagons. Anyway I still have a month or two to think about that.
Now onto May.
Lynda ( bettsylyn)

April

Ooops, it's the 1st of May. I had great intentions of posting the first week.....but!!!!!!!!!!

I got Sick, really sick, there is a vomiting Gastro bug going around and it knocked me out for about a week......I felt horrid... 

Then I had a market, so with being sick well.....

Then number one son's work is swept through with the flu last week, being a Chef he had to send staff home....etc and then he comes down with it, and well needless to say another two of us as well...

So the month of April disappeared 

But I had already done Aprils project, yes I made 3 of them and gave them as gifts.

if I can get away with it Ill try or its a pass please Chooky

My SKOW Bag - May

I wanted to make mne the same as the book but I am trying to use what I have

and the only Linen I had on hand was blue, so that is what I went with

and I am loving how it looks.

I used a Cottage Gardens Thread - Peacock No. 1201

I left out the slit in the back for fear that I would "stuff it up"

and when it came to the inside I added a pocket, a "d ring" and

a magnetic clasp.

I am so looking forward to seeing how everyone makes this bag their own.

Hugs, Sharon

Lilabelle Lane

April is Finished....

.... with an hour and 50 min to spare :) Sorry about the pic, the lighting and phone camera are not so good. I'll try to take another in daylight to put on my blog. But here is the proof, done in the nick of time:

Better go see what we're up to in May.... :)

lv,

Joy xxx

March pincoushion

 

Sorry to be so late: this is my March project. Too busy, but I'm beginning my April project today. :)

Finished....

I am finished with my April wall hanging...just got back from a ten day trip so have to charge the battery for the camera....but project is finished....
wendy
Edited: I finally was able to take a pic and upload it.

Phew!

It's been a mixed bag of a month and for a while I thought I'd have to title this post "Stitching till midnight"! Finished the little wall hanging half an hour ago - phew!

It's been great to see all the different versions ; now here's mine - and I love it. Wonky (some deliberate, some not!) stitching, Kate Spain Fa-la-la fabrics, no hanger because it's going to be blu-tacked to a door (lazy, but it works and saves extra holes in the wall/door). Done!

April done, now for May

Just checking in with my finished April project. I still need to put some kind of hanger on the back, and I'm unsure if I'll do any quilting on it, or leave it as is-we will see. Now to go and look at May's project!

Thanks
Leonie

April is finished

Yay & with less than 12 hours to spare my April SAL project is finished.

I choose to make mine long & skinny so I could hang it in a skinny wall space

Fabric is an old range of French General

I'll have an 'A' thanks Chooky

I THINK I MADE IT

To get it made by the deadline!!!!

this is 'hot' off the sewing table---
it doesn't look it==but there is another all red point on the left on the bottom--
you just have to look close--
I also did mine in this manner cause it will take up less wall space or will work on the door--
and speaking of the door--that is where I took the picture--
Smiles and hugs, di and miss gracie

Ready for Xmas Bon Noel

Just finished in time........................  I really enjoyed this one. I just used lots of scraps from my stash. I used double sided cotton batting instead of pelon, it worked well when it came to quilting.

April Done

Almost two days to spare and I have a finish.

Pia

April wall hanging

I started to make my wall hanging a few days ago and I finished
it yesterday!!! I'm glad I made it!!! Now I can start making the
beautiful bag for the month of May!!!

                                   Have a nice day!!!
                                         Martine

My Bon Noel is finished.

I have had the stitcheries done for a couple of weeks but had a few other things to finish before I could put them together.  I decided that I too would go for the long version as this suits where I want to hang at Xmas.
For the stitcheries I used a Cottage Garden thread called Blue Wren and chose some Nancy Halvorsen blue fabrics from my stash.

Mark me off for April please Chooky.
Hugs Noela

Almost ready!!!

I'm still working on my April wall hanging!!!!

I hope that I can finish it today!!!!

                                Have a nice day,
                                      Martine

Bon Noel... finished.

I have finished!!!

I decided to use Anni Downs Christmas fabric..

I wonder where I put those rusty bells.

It's so nice to have a project finish so early for Christmas.

 

 

 

Anyway, happy quilting

 

 

 

 

Sandyn

Bon Noel............De Style

 Here is my Bon Noel wall hanging.  I have had this finished since earlier in the month but just havent posted about it.  (Susan posted a photo from a recent blog meet).

I have already made a good start on the stitching for the bag for May so hopefully I can get that done early in the month as well.

D_E

My little Christmas wall hanging

Hello everyone.

I`ve been away for a week.

I went to stay with my sister down south. 

We both attended 

Anni Downs workshop.

Learnt lots.

 Before that some secret stitching for a friends birthday gift.

Plus I had stitched and finished my

TTS Bon Noel Wall hanging .

This is my first chance to blog.

These are the three designs that I choose to stitch.

All ready to put in Christmas box ready for December.

Off to sort fabrics for next months project.

Happy Stitching,

Clare.

Is Christmas just around the corner?

Woah!  Eight months to go before we can hang our Bon Noel!  This is my version of Bon Noel.  It has been great seeing all the different versions, colors and fabrics.  That is the best part of belonging to this SAL!  I love all these little projects.  They make great gifts! 

I think a nice hanger and some rusty little bells would finish this off just perfect.  I will have to look for bells now! 

Christmas in April

My April panel is done !
This month I literally respect the explanations...including the color !

I used my leftovers of the BOM Christmas Fun and I'm very pleased with the result.

I've seen many beautiful versions during this month !! Bravo !

Florence

It's Happening

April's stitcheries are traced I found my thread and tonight I will stitch for as long as I can.

With a trip away & school holidays, time has gotten away from me. Thank goodness I still have 4 days to get it done

Watch this space for Aprils task to make its finished debut