From the Vault - Frog Quilt

Pirate toads, then turtles, why not frogs?

I made Frog Quilt in April of last year.  It's so summery, I had to pull it out again and hang it on the wall.  It's 40" tall and 43" wide.  I started with the center panel of frogs and dragonflies on a sky background.

I added a narrow inner border of striped Kaffe Fassett, a top border of more sky, then a pieced border of coordinating fabrics.

Similar treatment at the bottom, only this time grass fabric instead of sky.

On the sides, I made some half-square triangles using Thangles.  They're good if you need your blocks to be a particular size.  In this case, since the quilt was improvisational, I could have just made them any dimension, as long as they were consistent.

The fabric choice and arrangement of the top block looks like a hole in the screen with bugs coming through.  For the bottom block, it looks like fan blades for a hot summer day.  Neither was planned; it's a story I made up after the fact.

Excuse the loose threads on the back - not sure why I didn't pick them off!  But you can see the quilting clearly.

Lemons on the label and the sleeve because it's summer and one finds oneself in the mood for lemonade.