Loraine... THANK YOU!!!!

Loraine, THANK YOU!!!! I received your adorable needlebook in the mail. I'm having internet problems at home so I haven't been able to thank you properly. I love the needlebook! The boat that you appliqued on the inside is just darling and I love how you used the ric-rac. The pockets are sweet too!

I've been busy stitching on exchanges so I'm at a slight stand still with Sail Away. But the good news is that they are all stitched (just need the finishing) so I'll be able to get back to Sail Away again very soon. I can't wait to finish it!

Once I can get internet restored at home (I'm at work now) I'll post a progress picture with a picture of my beautiful new needlebook.

Thank you again for including me in this SAL. It's been so much fun!

A SA Finish

I finished up my SA piece this weekend. It was a super piece to stitch and such fun to do it in a SAL. Here is a very poor snap as we where fogged in and grey sky-ed all weekend.

Thank you again for letting me take part.
I can see this will be one of many SB pieces I will stitch!!

edgar

Another one drops Anchor

I finished up the last bit of stitching this morning. As I usually do, I made a few changes to this piece to make it my own. The hardest change was re-doing the lettering. Not a hard thing to do really, just a little time consuming. Because the whole thing reminded me of my sons sailing away on their life's journey, I put their names in it. I also changed a few colors - the house went from black to blue - not a significant change but one I liked. I also changed the last line of the verse. Rather than, "Come back again to me" I had it say "Come sailing home to me". Again, not a significant change but one I liked. I also decided, for the first time ever, not to put the buttons and charms on this one. I love it just they way it is.

I hope all of you that have been stitching with us will continue to post your progress pictures. No matter how miniscule your progress may seem to you, we're here to cheer you on! And of course, when you finally dock for the last time, be sure and post that, too!


Peace,
Terri

Still at port but ready to sail

I have a long way to go but hope to be able to work on it on Monday when I am home from work. I love it and my scissor fob is beautiful. It matches my favorite blue bladed scissors. Marjo in Alaska

What a Cruise

Dear Shipmates,

What a wonderful cruise this was. I enjoyed every stitch, every post and every comment. A great big thanks to Terri and Loraine for their leadership and friendship.

still sailing!

I'm still here too.....



Now to get busy with the last assignment :-)

Thank you Loraine and Terri, for such a wonderful voyage! This has been my first official SAL and I couldn't have enjoyed it more!

Will post again with my completed piece :-)

Are we at week seven already?

I'm still stuck at the last port. The scenery must have been too good to board the ship again!

Hi there all. I'm so sad to post this week, because this is our last assignment. I have loved sailing away with you. I will be adding all of you to my regular blog roll, and hope you do the same so we can continue to keep in touch.

Please feel free to continue to post pictures of your progress and finishes on here. We would love to see them.Finally the end!

Our last assignment is the last three rows of the sampler. The fence, the words, and the flowers on the bottom. This should be an easy section! I hope that we didn't make the assignments too difficult to finish. If Terri and Margaret are the only ones keeping up, then I'm worried it was too hard. I definitely could have used a couple extra catch up weeks in there, but then I probably would have put it off, so I'm not sure that would have helped.

I know some are still stuck on shore, or having a difficult time getting "in" to this sampler If this is you, then I hope when your ready you will use this blog to motivate yourself, and help you finish in a timely manner.

Dear friends. Let's do this again sometime! Would someone else like to take over the captains hat?

Don't fret, I'm still working on needle cases. I have several things on the cutting table but hope to finish them all up this week. Please be patient!

Take Care, and don't forget to keep posting!!!!