Frog Mini

We finished school last week and my son decided to make a mug rug for his teacher, who shares his love of frogs. We used a pattern from Sew Fresh Quilts and changed the dimensions slightly to make it the shape we wanted. My son chose the fabrics. I did the cutting. I helped him with the pinning and reminded him how to use the sewing machine. I stitched around the eyes and he did the mouth. He did all the pressing. Turns out he loves to use the iron. He for sure didn't get that from me. I only do it because it is necessary!

He did the outline quilting around the frog. I marked lines for the background at his direction and he did the stitching. He insisted that we use orange fabric for the backing and binding. I set up the binding for him and again, he did all the stitching. I think he did a pretty good job. This is only the second thing he's ever made. Hopefully his teacher appreciated it, but who knows?

I chose a quilting design for my Primrose Cottage Quilts Vintage Picnic mini. The design was actually a block design that I set up as a pantograph. It lined up pretty well and I like how it looks.

I have a huge pile of binding to do, which is unusual for me. I really enjoy binding but I just haven't really been feeling like it lately. So I have half of my Coral Queen of the Seas left to do, all of the 365 Challenge, and the Vintage Picnic mini. I also need to finish machine binding the two Quilts for Kids quilts from last week.

Other than that, not much is going on around here. I have plenty to do and am accomplishing nothing. Enjoy a few pretty garden pictures, and I'll see you next week.