Tuesday, April 28, 2009

A new start & Papillon SAL Part 1 finished!

As promised here is the new start I was talking about last week, it's a Rubber Ducky for my friend's bathroom.
Here is a picture of the pattern (sorry it's kinda brutal to see).


And here is my start on it. I am not going to stitch all the light blue water as in the pattern, but instead have chosen a 28ct linen Weeks Dye Works to stitch just the duck on.


I also had an exciting accomplishment last night and finished the first part of the Papillon SAL! I am excited about this as I frogged alot on this piece and am still not sure about my counting. But there it is... and I will try to start Part 2 soon. I fear I will fall behind on this SAL for sure because of my commitments to other projects but as its not another person (and most of my others are) I think I will just have to live with it.
Here's my picture of it:


Coming up tomorrow: I have joined a stitching blog about UFO's and will post what I am going to try and finish because of it.

10 comments:

Miss Mapp said...

You have done some amazing work, love it.

Terry said...

Love the Papillon SAL! I also love the color fabric you chose for the Rubber Ducky.

TammyK said...

Coming along great with the Papillon SAL :o)  Good luck with the new start.

Tammy said...

They look great-the ducky is going to be adorable!

Gabi said...

Love your fabric and color choices for the Papillon SAL. The fabric for your Rubber Duck is nice too

Nancy M said...

Makes sense not to have to stitch all that blue and that material is really lovely! Love the SAL, I may be talked into it yet.....

Mel said...

Nancy - you should join us! It is a pretty SAL so far and I'm sure it will be lovely... and I mean come on, you have time to give up two years for it right? lol. :)
If you do decide to join let me know and we can encourage each other along!

Rene la Frog said...

Love the Rubber Ducky and the fabric is perfect for it. Your SAL looks fantastic.

Linda K's Stitching Corner said...

I like your material so much better for your Duck picture than I do on the Original one.. I love that color of Blue. That is going to be so pretty when you get it done.

Your Papillion project is just beautiful. I love the colors in that one too.

Beautiful Progress on both...keep it up.

Take care & Happy Stitching

Meari said...

Your SAL looks really pretty, Mel. Good luck with your new WIP. It's just ducky! LOL