Hello everyone!
It’s time to share progress on my latest SAL project. It’s called Pansies by The Craft Collection.
This is where I was up to last time.
Unfortunately, it’s been a case of one step forward and two steps back this time. I’m showing the complete design again so you can see what I’m going on about.
Something suddenly dawned on me. I was stitching the lilac pansy near the bottom. It was going very well.
But why is there a lilac pansy in this design? It sticks out like a sore thumb so how come I didn’t notice it before? To be fair, the package photo isn’t a good colour match for the real stitching but even so, why have an odd lilac pansy in there? Well, there isn’t any more. Not in my version. It’s gone! I had to frog it LOL. I’ve decided to replace it with a yellow one instead.
Also, do you remember the pink petals in the second group of flowers from the top? The last group is supposed to have the same pink.
I’ve frogged those as well . If I couldn’t get used to seeing the lilac odd ball I knew I didn’t want to look at those pink petals either and, the bottom group of flowers which I haven’t stitched yet, is supposed to have the same pink which is brighter than Barbie pink. I don’t mind pink. It’s not my favourite colour but it’s OK. However, I’ve never seen pansies with 1960’s bubble gum pink petals before so they’re gone! That means I’ve now completed less than I showed in the last update but at least I’m happy with it. I’m wondering if I lost my motivation for stitching this design because of those pink petals. I’ve made good progress since I got rid of them.
As you can see, the lilac odd ball is now yellow.
The package photo shows this is a vertical design. I’ve been thinking of making it into a wall hanging when it’s finished but if you have any other suggestions I’m all ears.
Helen needs to take a break from the SAL for a while. Hopefully she’ll be back soon. In the meantime, please visit the other blogs that are taking part in this SAL. There are so many different projects to enjoy. The participants live all over the world so you may need to allow for time differences. We’re posting today at local time.
Avis, Claire, Gun, Christina, Kathy, Margaret, Jackie, Sunny, Megan,
Deborah, Sharon, Daisy, Cathie, Linda, MaryMargaret, Cindy
Our next updates will be posted on the 28th April 2024.
About the SAL
Please note this SAL is not accepting any more new members until further notice but this is what it’s all about anyway. This SAL (Stitch Along) is slightly different to other SALs in that we don’t all stitch the same design at the same rate. We choose ONE unfinished project, or ONE new one, and show progress of its completion over a series of three weekly updates. There are no deadlines and no set amount to stitch. The result is that the space in our drawers full of WIPs (works in progress) is gradually being freed up to store lots of new crafty goodness. It’s surprising how much motivation I’ve gained from being in this SAL.