Epic Stitching & Epic Reading: A new start & Papillon SAL Part 1 finished!

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.; April 28, 2009 at 3:21 PM
Terry said...: Love the Papillon SAL! I also love the color fabric you chose for the Rubber Ducky.; April 28, 2009 at 4:37 PM
TammyK said...: Coming along great with the Papillon SAL :o) Good luck with the new start.; April 28, 2009 at 4:51 PM
Tammy said...: They look great-the ducky is going to be adorable!; April 28, 2009 at 4:53 PM
Gabi said...: Love your fabric and color choices for the Papillon SAL. The fabric for your Rubber Duck is nice too; April 28, 2009 at 5:10 PM
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.....; April 28, 2009 at 5:26 PM
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!; April 28, 2009 at 10:23 PM
Rene la Frog said...: Love the Rubber Ducky and the fabric is perfect for it. Your SAL looks fantastic.; April 28, 2009 at 10:28 PM
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; April 29, 2009 at 4:47 AM
Meari said...: Your SAL looks really pretty, Mel. Good luck with your new WIP. It's just ducky! LOL; April 30, 2009 at 2:17 PM