Monday, March 22, 2010

Paper Piecing Frog's Toes

Have been very busy lately, each month I need to finish a row for the Guild Row Robin. Above I decided to make my own paper piecing patterns, the tricky part is figuring out the order in which to sew....not so easy! the lily pad was easy compared to those toes!
Below a little bit of piecing, a little bit of applique... that makes 4 rows done, one more row to go! It's getting harder as more rows are added! There are 5 ladies in our group (and there are 5 groups) and we each have to make a row for 5 different tops. I can't wait to see them all done!

I've been doing a lot of guild activities lately. I participated in a Kids' Quilts Marathon one weekend. We set up stations for different activities like basting, cutting, piecing and machine quilting. Another weekend I participated in making String Quilts for Soldiers as part of the Quilts of Valour initiative. This was one of our completed tops....(and to my SIL, those scraps you sent me are very useful for all these projects!)


I have also been working on my guild's London Challenge, and the top is done, now it needs to be quilted. I have my pieces cut for my cousin's baby quilt, hope to show progress pics for that next week, and on top of that it is tax time, year end and all the stuff that is work, whew! no wonder I am blogging only once a month!

5 comments:

annieb said...

So glad that you used those scraps-and for such a good cause. I am making a scrap quilt for Quilts of Valour as well-just got involved purely by accident.

Karen said...

Frog toes. I had to read what that was about!

The Cozy Quilter said...

The string quilt looks great. I love the colours. I also like your row...I can hardly wait to see everyone's quilts.

Tonya Ricucci said...

love the frog toes and so glad you designed your own blocks!!! woohoo.

XUE said...

The quilt for your guild's London challenge is simply wow! So amazing. I am thinking of the hours it took in matching all those stripes up!