frog

A Goldilocks Moment from Quilt in Progress

I found the “just right” size of bean bag frog from my Jr. High years. McCalls had come out with a pattern in the early 70s for a bean bag frog. The mother of a friend made several of them for the friend to give away. Somehow I came up with the name Uncle Dudley for mine and it stuck. I played with Uncle Dudley for a long time but I don’t know what happened to it.

Pinterest showed me the frog and I searched for just the right pattern. It couldn’t be a different version, it had ...

added by quiltinprogress 11 months, 1 week ago. under 1970s , bean bag , flea market inventory , frog , toys , vintage pattern (Comments)

Life in the POND from Sew Fresh Quilts

This was a fast and fun finish!

Say hello to my little froggy!

I had the most fun choosing fabrics for this quilt. I love the way these dots all play off of each other.

Another fresh dusting of snow made for the perfect backdrop.

The backing was pieced using a yard of Sticks & Twine by Alison Glass for Andover Fabrics.

And I had an extra lily pad, so I decided to piece it into the backing.

I quilted using my usual wavy lines from edge to edge using my walking foot on my domestic.

And finished the binding by ...

added by Lorna McMahon 4 years, 3 months ago. under baby quilt , big quilt , fish , frog , koi , life in the pond , quilt pattern

2020 Gonna Bee My (Happy New) Year! from Sew Fresh Quilts

It's all Thanks to YOU!

Thank you for the kind comments left on my last blog post. Your friendship and support mean so much to me and I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas holiday with family and friends. I sure did! And I look forward to this NEW YEAR with you!!!

In case you missed that post, here is one of the highlights...

It's such an amazing feeling, welcoming in YET ANOTHER WONDERFUL NEW YEAR!

I feel wonderful too and I am looking forward to sewing the NEW YEAR away!

COME ON 2020!

Bring it ...

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