Joint projects

Loralou · Post by **Loralou** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 12:07 pm

I was wondering if anybody else has ever attempted a joint project with another stitcher and i don't mean a round robin, i mean on the same design.

My girlfriend just bought one of the cut thru designs of the lighthouse and i loved it and she agreed that i could join in and stitch it with her. I have taken over a bit and i stitch much faster than her so she is getting upset that i will finish it before she even gets a look in!

Great fun to say that you did it together but also arguments over who gets to stitch on it that night!

Laura

an_drea · Post by **an_drea** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 12:14 pm

This thing that your explain it's called SAL "Stitch Along"

I've never join a SAL project, but It would be funny.

There are some SAL projects in online comunitties, they do some quakers projects.

And others projects are MSAL, "Mistery Stitch along" , the project is a mistery until you get it finished.

Maybe, some day I Â¡ll join one of this.

StitchingAgain · Post by **StitchingAgain** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 12:35 pm

Ouch! This a bit of any iffy thing... Even though I'm constantly nagging my partner that he should pick up the needle and help me on a project... I think I'd be mortified if he actually did! On my stitching!

Hopefully none of you are as possessive of your stitching as me! lol!

Good luck on that, and yes, it would be really sweet to have something you did together - if you can! I couldn't! lol!

purple-footprints · Post by **purple-footprints** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 2:02 pm

I think i agree with stitching again on this one.

Im happy to give my completed projects away as gifts, but as for the actual stitching part I do still want to claim that as my own - mistakes and all!

Becca · Post by **Becca** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 6:21 pm

I'd never let anyone join in on mine lol, i like it to be all my work

inuyashagirl · Post by **inuyashagirl** » Wed Jul 05, 2006 11:01 am

Does anyone know where you can find one of those mystery stitch alongs as sounds like fun

DEbbie

StitchingAgain · Post by **StitchingAgain** » Wed Jul 05, 2006 11:25 am

inuyashagirl: You'll find them on forums, but you would normally have to have been a member for a certain amount of time before people would let you join.

I don't know about the mystery stitches, but the SAL I'm quite familiar with.

You could start you own! Or maybe push someone else into starting one here! lol! I got heaps of unstarted kits, so I wouldn't have minded to start one, but as I'm now moving in 2-3 weeks time it wouldn't be a very good time for me.

If you want to start a SAL (I don't know about the MSAL):
All you need is a list if dedicated stitchers to "sign up".
They'll then message you their addresses.
Let's say you get 8 people to sign up (including yourself). You'll then have to "divide" (just by marking it) the chart of the stitched kit into 8 parts, one for each person to stitch.
If you choose to be the first person, you then stitch your part and then send it off to number 2 on the list.
Make sure you then send them the address of number 3, so they can send it off when they are done, etc.
It's advised to put a time schedule, so people will have something like 2-3 weeks each to stitch their part, and also to make sure the stitched piece get's send off with signed for delivery (before people sign up, they must be certain they can pay for this). Good luck!

A round robin is similar, but here people chose their own chart (often within a subject, eh... like "cows") and each person stitch their own little piccie onto a large piece of fabric.

fairie56 · Post by **fairie56** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 7:31 pm

mmmm....those both sound like RR to me, stitchinga, but then, I've never been a part of one...

. I did do a SAL on another forum, the EMS site, but it was a small project, one of her freebies, and we were only 2 people..he he
I've seen the MysterySAL, one was on a french site and another on a german one. Since both have translated their sites to english, anyone could dowload the charts. As far as I understand, a Mystery SAL is where you download a chart, perhaps every month, with previous instructions on the size, type of fabric, etc., you stitch it up per instructions, and at the end, you ended up with some sort of a sampler. But, since you didn't see the whole chart beforehand, it's a "mystery" as to how it will look in the end.
We could try a SAL, but the people involved would all need the same chart or kit to begin with...

purple-footprints · Post by **purple-footprints** » Fri Jul 07, 2006 9:27 am

Im a little confused about these SAL things.... I understand that everyone does some stitching and it gets passes on etc.... but who gets to keep the finished piece???

Ive not ever been involved in anything like this, in fact the only thing Ive ever heard of before is a charity one where everyone stitched a piece and sent it to a charity and they made it into some kind of throw to give to eldery people. I understnad the incentive to stitch something to give away like that, but whats the driving force on a SAL or round robin. I dont been to sound ignorant, but it almost sounds like its a way to get other people to stitch your unfinished work for free.... sorry.

Rose · Post by **Rose** » Fri Jul 07, 2006 3:39 pm

I have to say that I agree with some of the ladies that my stitching is something I like to start and finish all by myself. Although at the current time with so many deadlines to meat I wish I had about 6 more hands, and 10 more hours in the day.

So busy with my real work I am having a hard time getting in much stitching.

Doing something to give to a charity is great we do blankets at the store I teach at but sometimes the task can get overwhelming.

Just a different point of veiw that is why this forum is so fun to come on and browse.

inuyashagirl · Post by **inuyashagirl** » Fri Jul 07, 2006 3:44 pm

in all honesty i thought that the mystery project was you get a part of the pattern every once in awhile and you don't know what it will be until you are finished. you start it and finish it. that way you get surprised as you are stitching along.

Debbie
PS anyone interested in something like that

fairie56 · Post by **fairie56** » Sat Jul 08, 2006 3:15 pm

Mystery SAL is pretty much just that: a mystery!
SAL(stitch - a- long) is where everyone stitches along, but you do your own piece, you don't send it to anyone. The group sets up a date to show everyone's progress, and in the end, everyone shows off what they've done. The purpose of the SAL is to see how everyone stitches up the kit or chart, cheering each one along, offering advice when needed, etc. Depending on the size of the project, it can last a short time, or even up to a year. This is what I understand a SAL to be. A RR (round robin) is another matter. I've never been in one, I stitch too slow, and anyway, you have to send the piece to the next person, by post, and all that's involved, sometimes the stitched piece gets lost....

an_drea · Post by **an_drea** » Sat Jul 08, 2006 9:26 pm

Thanks for explain it. v

I tried to explain better but my English it's limited.

Maybe we can use this forum to organize a Round Robin or a Sal.

A mistery would be more difficult.

I'm participating now on my first Round Robin and I think it would be a great expirience ( if postmail let it hehe)

purple-footprints · Post by **purple-footprints** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 11:43 am

Im still a little confused as to who gets to keep whats stitched on the round robin....

blackaraknia · Post by **blackaraknia** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 11:09 pm

Like most of you ladies I prefer to do my own stitching. If there are going to be mistakes I want them to be mine

I can be very good at making mistakes.

I may have even made a mistake on a project that I am working on now

I want this one to be perfect as it is the first time I made my own pattern that I downloaded from the internet. Debbie has seen tha progress of this one and I am

to say that I did not get alot of stitching done on it during my vacation.

i can't wait until I finish Inuyasha so I can get it on the gallery.

an_drea · Post by **an_drea** » Sat Jul 15, 2006 9:45 pm

purple-footprints , in a Round Robin, everyone has his own fabric and pick his own theme. for example cats. Thios person divides fabric in parts, if they are 4 particpants, there are 4 parts in the fabric.

This person stitch his cat, and then send the fabric to another one . People A sends to people B, people B to C and C to A.

So, everyone is stitching on all fabrics, and finally, his own fabric arrives complete at home and everyone gets his fabric.

I hope you can understand it, ( sorry my English...)

purple-footprints · Post by **purple-footprints** » Mon Jul 17, 2006 12:53 pm

Thankyou, yes I get it now