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Florian frog

June 18, 2007 at 12:30 pm | In Sewing/Crafts, plush | 10 Comments

I just love the Purl Bee’s tutorials. They posted another winner yesterday, and I just had to drop everything and make one: the purl frog.

Meet Florian. He’s a mellow, happy sort of fellow, made from April Cornell’s Sonnet fabric.

If you like him, you should make your own and post him at the purl frog groupon flickr.

I did stray from the instructions when making him.

Print the template, and cut along the dashed SEWING line rather than the solid cutting line.
Trace the sewing line on the wrong side of a rectangle of fabric. Make sure you have at least 1/4″ of fabric all the way around the template.
Pin another rectangle to the first, right sides together.
Sew on the marked line.
Cut out 1/4″ from the stitched line after sewing.

It just saves you from having to cut twice and match up the pieces.

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Great tip. I’ve been thinking of making a few of these since I saw the tutorial.

Comment by Mama Urchin — June 18, 2007 #

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Leaping Frogs!! he’s cute. I did the same thing with mine (pinning the two fabrics together with rightsides facing so everything matches up).

Comment by dawnsrays — June 18, 2007 #

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He is too cute and I love that fabric too! Your tips are great. Never would have though of that!

Comment by Lynn — June 18, 2007 #

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Thanks for the helpful hints – I am going to make one after I bind my doll quilt…

Comment by Amy — June 19, 2007 #

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He is so sweet – I love his turquoise eyes!

Comment by Sonya — June 19, 2007 #

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Nice frog!

Thank you for your comment. I do whatever catches my fancy, and a lot of the time I am lucky, getting supplies for cheap or free – like the Pinwheel Square? Most of the fabrics for the quilt this square (now a pillow case) accompanies were inherited from a woman long since passed.
Oh, and knitting is not hard. You dont need a lot of space for it, either, if you can limit yourself to one project at a time. Unlike me. If I count, honestly, I have at least 6 things going. And three spinning projects, with a lot of stash, too. And two sewing projects, not counting the abandoned doll quilt.

Hmm, I like that frog – wonder how it would look in pink? And filled with rice – I had a doll like that once, loved to knot it all up, wonderfull :-)

Comment by Lene — June 27, 2007 #

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Great choice of fabric, earthy colors for an earthy little guy..very cute :)

Comment by Amy — June 27, 2007 #

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well done! seeing yours…now i want to make one.

Comment by kristin — June 29, 2007 #

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that’s a really cute little frog! I love her fabric!

Comment by Kim Sherrod — July 3, 2007 #

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This little guy is too cute. Nice fabric choice…I can almost see one in some crazy Japanese florals…

Comment by marisa — July 3, 2007 #

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