This is the Frogs Warm Wishes quilt again–shown in a previous post (scroll down). The binding is finally finished. I had hoped to have this quilt finished sooner, but other commitments were competing for my attention lately.
I have mentioned before that this is one of my favorite quilt patterns. I just love the “recipe“–a focus fabric or novelty print and 3 contrasting fabrics drawn from the colours in the print. A dash of a fourth fabric drawn from the colours in the novelty print can be added as an inner border to add punch if desired.
Simple piecing………just straight lines………..no stretchy bias to deal with…………..just let the fabrics do all the work
!
This is a picture of the quilt back. I was determined to bust stash with this one so I used all of the leftover fabrics from the front of the quilt and added two pieces of green from my stash to make the piece large enough to use as backing for this quilt.
While surfing the Internet, I discovered a site with interesting facts about frogs. This site mentioned that frogs are a protection symbol for children and promote pleasant dreams. I didn’t know this about frogs when I made the quilt, but in hindsight, this information confirms that this will be a great quilt for a young child some day!
Today is a statutory holiday here in B.C.–it is British Columbia Day. I did the machine quilting on the binding for my Frog Warm Wishes quilt yesterday. Today I will be enjoying the pleasant weather as I sit outside and do the hand stitching of the binding to the back of the quilt.
The real news this weekend was finishing our outdoor patio area in our back yard. We now have plenty of room to have everyone sit around the table in the cool shade of our maple tree.
And of course, DH has discovered that this is also a quiet spot to read the morning paper!
My long weekend has come to an end. 🙁
I had last Friday and today off from work which gave me a 4-day weekend. It has been wonderful–like a mini vacation!
Sunday was Mother’s Day and I had a fabulous day. Both my son and daughter helped out by doing some of the household chores. I spent the afternoon quilting. My son, daughter, and husband looked after cooking supper. We had my parents over for supper and we had a nice evening visiting with them.
As you can see by the cards below, both my kids have a sense of humor.
From my daughter:
I love the mug that my daughter gave me.
From my son and his girlfriend:
I love ladybugs and this sign and ladybug ornament from my son and his girlfriend are perfect!
My husband got me an I-Pod so that I can listen to quilting pod casts. This is something I have wanted for a very long time. I guess he was listening to me!
I believe I was spoiled!
I had quite a few finishes this weekend as far as quilting goes.
I finished the binding on my Parrot Building Blocks quilt. This was a pattern that Pam found on-line that was designed by Debbie Mumm. If you would like to make your own quilt, the pattern can be found here: http://www.debbiemumm.com/Projects/Quilting/2007/03/
My version is larger than Debbie’s and finishes at 52″ x 75″.
I had purchased some frog fabric and coordinates some time ago. I decided that Warm Wishes was the perfect pattern to use up the fabric. Warm Wishes was a pattern featured in Quiltmaker Magazine in the November / December 2003 (No. 94) issue. The pattern can also be found on line at: www.quiltmaker.com/patterns/patt4a.htm. 
This is a closeup of the frogs.
Because the first Building Blocks quilt went together so quickly, I had time to make another one with some lady bug fabric on the border.
This is a closeup of the ladybugs.
Back to work and reality tomorrow!
