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Flower of the Month SAL

What is it?

This will be a year-long SAL (stitch-a-long) for 2015.   We are a group of stitchers interested in working on/finishing the flower of the month charts by EMS Designs throughout 2015, and cheering each other on during the year too. 


Here's it works
  1. You can sign up at any time during 2015 by visiting here (the rules post) and using the form located at the bottom of this post. 
  2. Once a month, work on one of the flower charts
  3. Post a progress report at the end of the month/beginning of the following month.  It can be about a new start, progress on an old start, or a finish.  It's your choice!
  4. Come back and post a link to your progress report on the monthly check-in post

It's that easy! This is a low-stress SAL, so if you miss a month, or don't want to do a certain chart, that's okay.  You can even modify what order you work on the charts on. 

For me, personally, I plan on starting a new month every month, but you can choose how and at what level you want to participate.

If you have a blog, you can post your progress pics on there.  If you don't have a blog, you can join our Facebook group and post progress/discussions/encouragement over there. 


Prizes

What's a SAL without prizes?  There will a random drawing in January 2016 for stitching related prize(s) yet to be determined.  This is how you earn entries for the drawing:
  1. Signing up for the SAL on this page = 1 entry
  2. Joining the Facebook group = 1 entry
  3. Posting a monthly progress report and linking it back here = 1 entry per month you participate

As the SAL progresses, I will be linking to the website hosting each month's chart for anyone who hasn't downloaded them previously.
January - Carnations
February - Violets 
March - Daffodils
April - Sweet Pea
May - Lily of the Valley
June - Wild Rose 
July - Larkspur
August - Gladiolus

I look forward to stitching with all those of you who want to join me!

Sign Up Here

20 comments:

  1. rosey175December 5, 2014 at 9:04 PM

    I'll throw caution to the wind and see what happens. Bring on the flowers!

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  2. TeresaDecember 26, 2014 at 7:23 PM

    UGH, seriously, lol. OK, 3rd time.

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    1. Alyssa FDecember 27, 2014 at 6:24 AM

      Hey Teresa, are you having trouble with the signups?

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  3. SueFitzJanuary 1, 2015 at 5:33 AM

    Thanks I was looking for new SAL, since I want to get back to stitching. (had missed the stitch from stash sign up).
    Thanks for posting the pattern - I'm sure I have the floss, but will have to check.

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  4. EsmeraldaJanuary 26, 2015 at 12:19 PM

    Thanks for this beautiful sal
    Could you tell me how big the pattern will be in total stitches
    I would like to make it as the example
    So 12 together in one big project
    Thanks

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    1. Alyssa FJanuary 26, 2015 at 2:32 PM

      Hi Esmeralda,
      Each square is 63 x 63 inches, so depending on how you want to put them together in one project and how many stitches separating them will determine the size. There's more information on that on the designer's website. Here's the link: http://www.maurer-stroh.com/EMS2010_information.html

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    2. EsmeraldaJanuary 26, 2015 at 3:41 PM

      I allready sorted it out :)
      Thanks

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  5. VanessaMarch 5, 2015 at 5:40 AM

    I would like to join but I don't have a url. So how does that work

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  6. Alyssa FMarch 5, 2015 at 8:13 AM

    Hi Vanessa,

    You can either join the Facebook group if you're on there, or if you want to just participate by email you can do that too. You would just email me your check-ins. Email me at brownieschair(AT)hotmail.com if you'd like to do that.

    Sorry, you're showing up as a "no reply" commenter, so I can't send this to you directly!

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  7. UnknownApril 12, 2015 at 5:45 AM

    Hi Alyssa,

    I was unable to join here due to no having a url but I've just requested to join your Facebook group. I've only just found out about your SAL and I've seen the links above for the first 3 months, will joining your FB group let me continue to collect the rest of your flower patterns in the future months.

    Thank you for doing a beautiful flower collection and I'm looking forward to doing them.

    Debbie

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    1. Alyssa FApril 16, 2015 at 9:27 AM

      Hi Debbie, your comment came through as a "no reply" so I couldn't respond to you directly. You're welcome to join through the Facebook group, you can earn entries for prizes that way. The patterns are all already published, so you can download them all from the EMS designs if you want them all at once. Although I'm the organizer of this SAL, I didn't design the patterns. :)

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  8. MiniApril 16, 2015 at 6:48 AM

    Hi Alyssa, I have just discovered about this SAL. Would love to join,is it too late ?

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    1. Alyssa FApril 16, 2015 at 9:28 AM

      Hi Mini, your comment came through as a No Reply email, so I couldn't respond directly.

      It's never too late to join! Feel free to start whenever you want, either via Blog or Facebook (or email).

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    2. MiniApril 17, 2015 at 2:05 AM

      Thank you Alyssa. I have now joined with blog link. I'm trying to work on the no reply thing for my blog

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  9. Kalimba for BeginnersApril 29, 2015 at 6:06 PM

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  10. Kalimba for BeginnersMay 2, 2015 at 6:40 PM

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  11. Kalimba for BeginnersMay 4, 2015 at 8:20 AM

    Thank you so much Alyssa for adding me to the group. I am excited to join the Flower of the Month SAL :)

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  12. UnknownDecember 7, 2016 at 8:20 AM

    Hi I know this is a very old post, but I've been working on this calendar for next year and am stumped on how to finish it. I was wondering if you have any ideas.

    Thanks!

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  13. redyvetteMay 20, 2021 at 8:14 PM

    HI,
    I only see the months as up to August....
    where is the rest of the year flowers?
    Thank You,
    Yvette

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  14. katJune 18, 2021 at 9:50 PM

    Hi, I'm wondering the same thing as redyvette. I would like to find the charts for the rest of the months.

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