Felix Frogbottom

Occasionally, stuff I bring home is just too cute to wait its turn in the project queue. Like Mr. Frogbottom, for example. 

We got home from Cambria on Sunday, 

Sew a rectangle from scraps, cut it corner-to-corner, flip and stitch it together again before quilting.

and by Tuesday evening Jac and I had picked through the scrap bin to make our fabric,

cut the pattern pieces,

then pinned, stitched and stuffed it all together.

By Wednesday, Felix (sans eyes) was ready for pictures with his adoring fans. 

Today, Lily and I agreed that the first set of eyeballs were a really big “NO”, 

 
no matter how cute they were.

Take 2 is soooooo much better.

And if you’re curious, Felix has no purpose other than to be cute. He’s stuffed with poly-pellets, so not good for a pincushion (plus the baby grands want to play with him, making pins a big no-no). He weighs enough to be useable as a pattern weight but his size makes that unlikely. 

I think he’s just going to be my studio pal.

Pattern is “Frog Patch” by Me And My Sister Designs. Easy, well-written and fun.

Note to self: sew eyes on before stitching front and back pieces together.