There are 9 fussy cut frogs on the cutting table. They have silly faces and are not neon colors but close, really close. If you were here, you could help me choose the sashing and borders. Maybe a nice toasty color would calm the group just a little. What about the 'confetti'? It's a black with tiny polka dots of primary colors. Dark green grass? Cool blue water? Wish you were here. Polly
Years ago we did a quilt with frogs on it. It didn't start out having frogs - we did a stack-and-whack in greens, then I got an idea and we sashed it in blue, with a border of pebbles overpainted with shaded green to look like the edge of a pond, then appliqued several dozen fussy-cut frogs all over it, converging on the central "lilypad", which had a bunch of cartoon frogs partying. The frogs were appliqued so as not to follow block boundaries exactly - some were over the sashing, as if hopping from one pad to another. The effect was as if they were all hopping to the party. Took a heck of a lot of frogs to get the effect I was after.
We raffled it for charity, it raised quite a bit.
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****** I killfile Google posts - email me if you want to be whitelisted ******There really is some black with dragonflies here but don't you think we need something quieter? Well, not that dragonflies make much noise but you know . . . Polly
I am SO unhappy. After several auditions, a sweet yellow calico sort of print seemed just right. Picked a deep yellow for setting squares. Ran a border of the frog print around. It just does not please at all. I can put borders on until it's big enough for a crib quilt. Baby can have a clean, soft place to learn to focus sweet eyes on some dazzling frogs. It's just not possible to make one or two crib quilts a week for NIN and have everyone of them make me happy . . . but this one makes me want to stomp it into the trash bin. It's all your fault. I told you I needed you here. Let's have a pity party for my failure. Refreshments? How about hot chocolate with real whipped cream? and spiced pecans. At least the pecan crop is good. Polly
ewwwwww. uh, how many of us do you need there to help ya fix it? i'm guessing camping in a tent on the lawn isnt gonna work with all those gators roam'n free, eh. got a pix of these annoying blocks? j.
"Polly Esther" wrote ... I am SO unhappy. After several auditions, a sweet yellow calico sort of print seemed just right. Picked a deep yellow for setting squares. Ran a border of the frog print around. It just does not please at all. I can put borders on until it's big enough for a crib quilt. Baby can have a clean, soft place to learn to focus sweet eyes on some dazzling frogs. It's just not possible to make one or two crib quilts a week for NIN and have everyone of them make me happy . . . but this one makes me want to stomp it into the trash bin. It's all your fault. I told you I needed you here. Let's have a pity party for my failure. Refreshments? How about hot chocolate with real whipped cream? and spiced pecans. At least the pecan crop is good. Polly
You're right, Jeanne. There's no safe outside here in the Swamp but this is a big house with 2 kitchens. Plenty of room for getting together all manner of refreshments for a pity party - I saw a recipe for pumpkin muffins today that just sounds great. Said to bring ½ cup of water to boil and let l cup of raisins stand in them for a while to plump. We could even get crazy and use ½ cup of apple juice instead. What do you think? Polly
you can plump those raisins in any liquid you fancy. i'd suggest rum if you're so inclined. j.
"Polly Esther" wrote ... You're right, Jeanne. There's no safe outside here in the Swamp but this is a big house with 2 kitchens. Plenty of room for getting together all manner of refreshments for a pity party - I saw a recipe for pumpkin muffins today that just sounds great. Said to bring ½ cup of water to boil and let l cup of raisins stand in them for a while to plump. We could even get crazy and use ½ cup of apple juice instead. What do you think? Polly
use whatcha got there. dont think it makes one hoot of difference. j.
"Polly Esther" wrote ... Well. Not that we give 't> you can plump those raisins in any liquid you fancy.
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